overtonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈəʊ.və.təʊn/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.toʊn/[ usually plural ] something that is suggested, but is not clearly stated:
The concert was supposed to be a charity event but it had strong political overtones.
There was an overtone of regret in his farewell speech.
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Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- nudge
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- postulate
- proposal
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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specialized physics, music a frequency of a sound that is higher than the fundamental (= the lowest normal frequency)
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Technical music terms
- accidental
- adagio
- allegro
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr
- arrange
- cadence
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- legato
- mike check
- motif
- timbre
- tremolo
- tuning
- twelve-tone
- twelve-tone scale
- unison
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