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tonality
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tone |
| Synonyms: | accent, emphasis, force, inflection, intonation, modulation, resonance, strength, stress, timbre, tone color |
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| Main Entry: | inflection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accent, intonation |
| Synonyms: | articulation, change, emphasis, enunciation, modulation, pitch, pronunciation, sound, timbre, tonality, tone, tone of voice, variation |
| Notes: | in the jargon of grammar, the forms of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives can be arrayed in declensions or inflections; the forms of verbs are said to be arrayed in conjugations |
| Antonyms: | monotone |
| Main Entry: | intonation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflection |
| Synonyms: | accent, articulation, emphasis, enunciation, modulation, pitch, pronunciation, sound, tonality, tone, tone of voice |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something heard or audible |
| Synonyms: | accent, din, harmony, intonation, loudness, melody, modulation, music, noise, note, pitch, racket, report, resonance, reverberation, ringing, softness, sonance, sonancy, sonority, sonorousness, static, tenor, tonality, tone, vibration, voice |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | tone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pitch, volume |
| Synonyms: | accent, emphasis, force, inflection, intonation, modulation, resonance, strength, stress, timbre, tonality |
| Main Entry: | key signature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication of musical key |
| Synonyms: | key, measure signature, sharps and flats, time signature, tonality |
| Main Entry: | timbre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tone |
| Synonyms: | accent, beat, inflection, intonation, overtone, resonance, tonality |
| Antonyms: | pitch, volume |
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| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
deaf, faint, loud, acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, distinct, dumb, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
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| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
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-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
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| Antonyms: | silence |
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