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单词 tone
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Origin of tone

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English (noun), from Latin tonus, from Greek tónos “strain, tone, mode,” literally, “a stretching,” akin to teínein “to stretch”

SYNONYMS FOR tone

15 spirit, quality, temper.
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synonym study for tone

1. See sound1.

OTHER WORDS FROM tone

Words nearby tone

tonality, to-name, Tonawanda, Tonbridge, tondo, tone, tone arm, tone cluster, tone color, tone colour, tone control

Definition for tone (2 of 2)

Tone
[ tohn ]
/ toʊn /

noun

(Theobald) Wolfe, 1763–98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence.
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British Dictionary definitions for tone (1 of 2)

tone
/ (təʊn) /

noun

verb

See also tone down, tone up

Word Origin for tone

C14: from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos tension, tone, from teinein to stretch

British Dictionary definitions for tone (2 of 2)

Tone
/ (təʊn) /

noun

(Theobald) Wolfe. 1763–98, Irish nationalist, who founded (1791) the Society of United Irishmen and led (1798) French military forces to Ireland. He was captured and sentenced to death but committed suicide
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for tone

tone
[ tōn ]

n.

The quality or character of sound.
The character of voice expressing an emotion.
The normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles.
Normal firmness of a tissue or an organ.

v.

To give tone or firmness to.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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