tone of voice

collocation in English

meaningsoftoneandvoice

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tone
noun
uk
/təʊn/
us
/toʊn/
a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being ...
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voice
noun
uk
/vɔɪs/
us
/vɔɪs/
the sounds that are made when people speak ...
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(Definition oftoneandvoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftone of voice

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Interpretation is experienced as an effect of what we might call the production'stoneofvoice.
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Was it histoneofvoice?
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People with autism typically miss the relational connections in speech and gesture and are unable to identify the meaning of basic signals of emotions (facial expressions,toneofvoice, words).
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Moreover, without visual or audio contact, nonverbal and some verbal cues are lost, including the patient'stoneofvoice, hesitation in speaking, and visual signs of emotional and physical distress.
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For example, an angry but highly controlled person may speak in an eventoneofvoiceand display a neutral facial expression while conveying an angry message.
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So, when we learned that savings equals investment, it was taught in the sametoneofvoiceas one teaches that force equals mass times acceleration.
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I try saying the lines different ways, with different intentions, different given circumstances, or a different accent ortoneofvoice.
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Her feelings about each recalled situation are expressed either directly in a statement or revealed bytoneofvoice, expressions and other gestures.
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We know intuitively that the way something is said - the 'toneofvoice' - can express a wide range of meanings that are not propositional.
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The agents may be required not only to understand spoken commands, but also to ' 'read' ' the toneofvoice, facial expressions, and gestures of their human coworkers.
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The key can be a peculiartoneofvoice, or an accent, or physical things like a gesture, a prop, or a piece of costume.
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Anguish was reflected intoneofvoice, demeanour and occasionally even tearfulness; these cannot be conveyed in print.
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Often students act out a quarrel with letters from the alphabet, creating a quarrel bytoneofvoice, dynamics, use of silence.
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In i the villages, where the houses afford little privacy, one could often hear an angry woman scolding her machista partner in a strongtoneofvoice.
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Burling finds vestiges of primate gesture-calls in human facial expressions, gesticulation, cries and laughter, and the intonation of speech andtoneofvoice.
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