MONOTONE


Meaning of MONOTONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɒnətoʊn ]

( monotones)

1.

If someone speaks in a monotone , their voice does not vary at all in tone or loudness and so it is not interesting to listen to.

The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.

N-COUNT : usu sing , also in N

2.

A monotone sound or surface does not have any variation in its tone or colour.

He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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