Monotone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A succession of sounds or words uttered in a single tone of voice.
  • n. Music A single tone repeated with different words or time values, especially in a rendering of a liturgical text.
  • n. Music A chant in a single tone.
  • n. Sameness or dull repetition in sound, style, manner, or color.
  • adj. Characterized by or uttered in a monotone: a monotone recitation of names.
  • adj. Of or having a single color: a cat with a monotone coat.
  • adj. Mathematics Designating sequences, the successive members of which either consistently increase or decrease but do not oscillate in relative value. Each member of a monotone increasing sequence is greater than or equal to the preceding member; each member of a monotone decreasing sequence is less than or equal to the preceding member.
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  • adj. having a single unvaried pitch
  • adj. property of a function to be either always decreasing or always increasing
  • n. A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound
  • v. To speak in a monotone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A single unvaried tone or sound.
  • n. The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In rhetoric, a sameness of tone; the utterance of successive syllables at one unvaried pitch, with little or no inflection or cadence.
  • n. Monotony or sameness of style in writing or speaking.
  • n. In music:
  • n. A single tone, without harmony or variation in pitch.
  • n. Recitation of words in such a tone, especially in a church service, sometimes with harmonic accompaniment and with occasional inflections or melodic variations; intoning; chanting.
  • n. Something spoken or written in one tone or strain.
  • To recite in a single, unvaried tone; intone; chant.
  • n. A single or uniform tint or color.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
  • adj. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  • n. an unchanging intonation
  • n. a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    modulation    intonation    pitch contour    tone    musical note   
    Form
    monotony    monotonous    monotonic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    drone    singsong    intone   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    undertone    drawl    rasp    murmur    croak   
     
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