tone
A specific pitch.
Noun 4 meanings
A specific pitch.
(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
Verb 4 meanings
to give a particular tone to
to change the colour of
to make (something) firmer
to utter with an affected tone.
Etymology
From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, tonos, and tonus.
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TONE at a glance
TONE has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,029 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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