0 a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being spoken to: --
I tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice.
Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= angrily), young lady!
It wasn't so much what she said that annoyed me - it was her tone.
She recounted the story to me in shocked tones (= in a shocked voice).
I could hear the low tones of my parents talking in the next room.
For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events.
1 the general mood or main qualities of something: --
I didn't like the jokey tone of the article - I thought it was inappropriate.
Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling disgusting jokes, Mark!
Both candidates need to raise the tone of the campaign, as the electorate is tired of negative campaigning.
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.
3 the healthy tightness of the body, especially the muscles: --
4 the largest difference in pitch between two notes that are next to each other in the western musical scale: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.