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MONOTONE

Pronunciation (US):

• MONOTONE (noun)
The noun MONOTONE has 2 senses:

1. an unchanging intonation
2. a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

Familiarity information: MONOTONE used as a noun is rare.

• MONOTONE (adjective)
The adjective MONOTONE has 2 senses:

1. of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Familiarity information: MONOTONE used as an adjective is rare.

• MONOTONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An unchanging intonation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

droning; monotone; drone

Hypernyms ("monotone" is a kind of...):

intonation; modulation; pitch contour (rise and fall of the voice pitch)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("monotone" is a kind of...):

musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)

• MONOTONE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

Synonyms:

monotone; monotonic

Similar:

decreasing monotonic (consistently decreasing)

increasing monotonic (consistently increasing)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Synonyms:

monotonous; monotonic; monotone; flat

Context example:

the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Similar:

unmodulated (characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume)

"While the cat is away, the mice will play."
(English proverb)
"He who does not work, must not eat."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Your son is like how you raised him. And your husband is like how you trained him."
(Arabic proverb)
"Money sticks to another money."
(Croatian proverb)

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