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1. (n.) monotone
a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
2. monotone
a single musical tone without variation in pitch.
3. monotone
recitation or singing of words in such a tone.
4. monotone
a person who is unable to discriminate between or to reproduce differences in musical pitch, esp. in singing.
5. monotone
any unrelieved sameness or boring repetition.
6. (adj.) monotone
consisting of or characterized by a uniform tone of one color:
a monotone drape.
Etymology: (1635–45; < F monotone < LGk monótonosmonotonous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) monotone, drone, droning
an unchanging intonation
2. (adj) monotone
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
3. (adj) monotonic, monotone
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
4. (adj) flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) monotone
a single unvaried tone or sound
2. (noun) monotone
the utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch
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