Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tone
Participle: toned
Gerund: toning
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | tone |
| you | tone |
| he;she;it | tones |
| we | tone |
| you | tone |
| they | tone |
Perfect
| I | have toned |
| you | have toned |
| he;she;it | has toned |
| we | have toned |
| you | have toned |
| they | have toned |
Past
| I | toned |
| you | toned |
| he;she;it | toned |
| we | toned |
| you | toned |
| they | toned |
Pluperfect
| I | had toned |
| you | had toned |
| he;she;it | had toned |
| we | had toned |
| you | had toned |
| they | had toned |
Future
| I | will tone |
| you | will tone |
| he;she;it | will tone |
| we | will tone |
| you | will tone |
| they | will tone |
Future Perfect
| I | will have toned |
| you | will have toned |
| he;she;it | will have toned |
| we | will have toned |
| you | will have toned |
| they | will have toned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tone |
| you | tone |
| he;she;it | tone |
| we | tone |
| you | tone |
| they | tone |
Perfect
| I | have toned |
| you | have toned |
| he;she;it | have toned |
| we | have toned |
| you | have toned |
| they | have toned |
Imperfect
| I | toned |
| you | toned |
| he;she;it | toned |
| we | toned |
| you | toned |
| they | toned |
Pluperfect
| I | had toned |
| you | had toned |
| he;she;it | had toned |
| we | had toned |
| you | had toned |
| they | had toned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tone |
| you | would tone |
| he;she;it | would tone |
| we | would tone |
| you | would tone |
| they | would tone |
Perfect
| I | would have toned |
| you | would have toned |
| he;she;it | would have toned |
| we | would have toned |
| you | would have toned |
| they | would have toned |
Imperative
| you | tone |
| we | Let's tone |
| you | tone |
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
-
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)