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"form": "tones of voice",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "You could tell by his tone of voice that he was uncomfortable.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The quality, manner, or way someone speaks."
],
"id": "en-tone_of_voice-en-noun-xCwjx4Mz",
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"quality",
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],
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"manner",
"manner"
],
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"way",
"way"
],
[
"speak",
"speak"
]
],
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{
"word": "intonation"
},
{
"word": "tone"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "語調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔdiào",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "语调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "語氣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔqì",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "语气"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngdiào",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "腔調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiāngdiào",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "腔调"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "äänensävy"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tonfall"
}
]
}
],
"word": "tone of voice"
}
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"tags": [
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"examples": [
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"text": "You could tell by his tone of voice that he was uncomfortable.",
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],
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],
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},
{
"word": "tone"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "語調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔdiào",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "语调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "語氣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔqì",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "语气"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngdiào",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "腔調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiāngdiào",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "腔调"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"word": "äänensävy"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "way someone speaks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tonfall"
}
],
"word": "tone of voice"
}
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