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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, in-plural, often
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: undertone
noun
An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived subtly alongside, but not overwhelming, the explicit message.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: undertone, undercurrent
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verb
To give an overtone to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: partial, partial tone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: harmonic
noun
(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: meaning, significance, signification, import
History
From over- + tone, calque of German Oberton.
Across languages
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
