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monotone

[ mon-uh-tohn ]

noun

  1. a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
  2. a single tone without harmony or variation in pitch.
  3. recitation or singing of words in such a tone.
  4. a person who is unable to discriminate between or to reproduce differences in musical pitch, especially in singing.
  5. sameness of tone or color, sometimes to a boring degree.


adjective

  1. consisting of or characterized by a uniform tone of one color: Compare monochromatic ( defs 1, 2 ).

    a monotone drape.

  2. Mathematics. monotonic ( def 2 ).

monotone

/ ˈmɒnəˌtəʊn /

noun

  1. a single unvaried pitch level in speech, sound, etc
  2. utterance, etc, without change of pitch
  3. lack of variety in style, expression. etc


adjective

  1. unvarying or monotonous
  2. Alsomonotonicˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk maths (of a sequence or function) consistently increasing or decreasing in value

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monotone1

1635–45; < French monotone < Late Greek monótonos monotonous

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Example Sentences

The computer graphics are monotone overlaid in Lucky Charms leprechaun green.

“And to see great fashion,” he added half-heartedly, in monotone and with no punctuation.

Not too long ago, the market hybrid cars seemed similarly monotone.

Hours passed by and the judge read his charges in a monotone.

His soft, calm monotone never fluctuates, adding an extra creepy factor.

He spoke in a wheezy, solemn monotone, from which all elements of life and joy seemed to have been eliminated.

Gradually the muffled beat of hoofs grew more pronounced, a shuffling monotone that filled the night.

One day, feverish and excited, he played on in monotone almost listless.

"We did gey well," he resumed in his even monotone, like a man who was repeating something he had learned by heart.

He stood amid that silence, hearing only a faint whisper from the river, a far-off monotone from the falls beyond the chute.

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