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Manner (noun)
Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
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Manner (noun)
Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
“His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.”
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Manner (noun)
One’s customary method of acting; habit.
“These people have strange manners.”
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Manner (noun)
good, polite behaviour
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Manner (noun)
The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
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Manner (noun)
A certain degree or measure.
“It is in a manner done already.”
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Manner (noun)
Sort; kind; style.
“All manner of persons participate.”
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Manner (noun)
Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
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Tone (noun)
A specific pitch.
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Tone (noun)
(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
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Tone (noun)
(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
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Tone (noun)
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
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Tone (noun)
General character, mood, or trend.
“Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.”
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Tone (noun)
The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
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Tone (noun)
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
“Children often read with a tone.”
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Tone (noun)
The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
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Tone (noun)
State of mind; temper; mood.
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Tone (noun)
The shade or quality of a colour.
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Tone (noun)
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
“This picture has tone.”
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Tone (noun)
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
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Tone (noun)
The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
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Tone (noun)
Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
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Tone (verb)
to give a particular tone to
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Tone (verb)
to change the colour of
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Tone (verb)
to make (something) firmer
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Tone (verb)
to harmonize, especially in colour
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Tone (verb)
To utter with an affected tone.
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Tone (pronoun)
The one (of two).
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Manner (noun)
a way in which a thing is done or happens
“taking notes in an unobtrusive manner”
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Manner (noun)
a style in literature or art
“a dramatic poem in the manner of Goethe”
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Manner (noun)
a semantic category of adverbs and adverbials which answer the question ‘how?’
“an adverb of manner”
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Manner (noun)
a kind or sort
“what manner of man is he?”
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Manner (noun)
a person’s outward bearing or way of behaving towards others
“his arrogance and pompous manner”
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Manner (noun)
polite or well-bred social behaviour
“didn’t your mother teach you any manners?”
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Manner (noun)
social behaviour or habits
“Trevor apologized for his son’s bad manners”
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Manner (noun)
the way a motor vehicle handles or performs
“I have no complaints about the performance or road manners”
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Tone (noun)
a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength
“they were speaking in hushed tones”
“the piano tone appears lacking in warmth”
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Tone (noun)
a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood
“a firm tone of voice”
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Tone (noun)
a musical note or other sound used as a signal on a telephone or answering machine.
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Tone (noun)
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
“there was a general tone of ill-concealed glee in the reporting”
“my friend and I lowered the tone with our oafish ways”
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Tone (noun)
an atmosphere of respectability or class
“they don’t feel he gives the place tone”
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Tone (noun)
a basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale (such as C and D, or E and F sharp); a major second
“the B flat clarinet’s part is written one tone higher than the pitch required”
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Tone (noun)
the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a shade of a colour
“an attractive colour which is even in tone and texture”
“stained glass in vivid tones of red and blue”
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Tone (noun)
the general effect of colour or of light and shade in a picture.
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Tone (noun)
a slight degree of difference in the intensity of a colour.
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Tone (noun)
(in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.
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Tone (noun)
(in some languages, such as English) intonation on a word or phrase used to add functional meaning.
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Tone (noun)
the normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle
“a reduction of muscle tone”
“a certain amount of daily exercise is essential to maintain proper body tone and function”
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Tone (noun)
the normal level of activity in a nerve fibre
“vagal tone”
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Tone (verb)
give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle)
“exercise tones up the muscles”
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Tone (verb)
(of a muscle or other bodily part) became stronger or firmer
“his leg muscles had toned up”
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Tone (verb)
harmonize with (something) in terms of colour
“the rich orange colour of the wood tones beautifully with the yellow roses”
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Tone (verb)
give (a monochrome picture) an altered colour in finishing by means of a chemical solution
“it’s a good idea to sepia tone the whole print first”