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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”
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
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
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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.
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