Monotone (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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. monotonous.
  2. consisting of or characterized by a uniform tone of one color: a monotone drape.
  3. monotonic (def. 2).
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. (of a sequence or function) consistently increasing or decreasing in value
Monotone (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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