"downtone" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: downtones [present, singular, third-person], downtoning [participle, present], downtoned [participle, past], downtoned [past]
Etymology: From down + tone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|down|tone}} down + tone Head templates: {{en-verb}} downtone (third-person singular simple present downtones, present participle downtoning, simple past and past participle downtoned)
  1. (linguistics, transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: downtoner
    Sense id: en-downtone-en-verb-wmGiNeLQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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