Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tone down sth
Participle: toned down sth
Gerund: toning down sth
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tone down sth |
| you | tone down sth |
| he;she;it | tones down sth |
| we | tone down sth |
| you | tone down sth |
| they | tone down sth |
Perfect
| I | have toned down sth |
| you | have toned down sth |
| he;she;it | has toned down sth |
| we | have toned down sth |
| you | have toned down sth |
| they | have toned down sth |
Past
| I | toned down sth |
| you | toned down sth |
| he;she;it | toned down sth |
| we | toned down sth |
| you | toned down sth |
| they | toned down sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had toned down sth |
| you | had toned down sth |
| he;she;it | had toned down sth |
| we | had toned down sth |
| you | had toned down sth |
| they | had toned down sth |
Future
| I | will tone down sth |
| you | will tone down sth |
| he;she;it | will tone down sth |
| we | will tone down sth |
| you | will tone down sth |
| they | will tone down sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have toned down sth |
| you | will have toned down sth |
| he;she;it | will have toned down sth |
| we | will have toned down sth |
| you | will have toned down sth |
| they | will have toned down sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tone down sth |
| you | tone down sth |
| he;she;it | tone down sth |
| we | tone down sth |
| you | tone down sth |
| they | tone down sth |
Perfect
| I | have toned down sth |
| you | have toned down sth |
| he;she;it | have toned down sth |
| we | have toned down sth |
| you | have toned down sth |
| they | have toned down sth |
Imperfect
| I | toned down sth |
| you | toned down sth |
| he;she;it | toned down sth |
| we | toned down sth |
| you | toned down sth |
| they | toned down sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had toned down sth |
| you | had toned down sth |
| he;she;it | had toned down sth |
| we | had toned down sth |
| you | had toned down sth |
| they | had toned down sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tone down sth |
| you | would tone down sth |
| he;she;it | would tone down sth |
| we | would tone down sth |
| you | would tone down sth |
| they | would tone down sth |
Perfect
| I | would have toned down sth |
| you | would have toned down sth |
| he;she;it | would have toned down sth |
| we | would have toned down sth |
| you | would have toned down sth |
| they | would have toned down sth |
Imperative
| you | tone down sth |
| we | Let's tone down sth |
| you | tone down sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'tone'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tone'
atone,
bone,
cone,
hone,
mone,
one,
stone,
tine,
toe,
toke,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1340, from O.Fr. ton (13c.), from L. tonus "a sound, tone, accent," lit. "stretching" (in M.L., a term peculiar to music), from Gk. tonos "vocal pitch, raising of voice, accent, key in music," originally "a stretching, taut string," related to teinein "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "manner of speaking" is from 1610. First reference to firmness of body is from 1669. The verb meaning "to impart tone to" is recorded from 1811. Tonal is attested from 1776; atonal first attested 1922; tonality is from 1838.
2. From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, tonos, and tonus.
Sample Sentences
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Both gentlemen laughed uproariously. “ Now, Jim, ” said his master, “ show us how old Elder Robbins leads the psalm. ” The boy drew his chubby face down to a formidable length, and commenced toning a psalm tune through his nose, with imperturbable gravity.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)