ton — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
- shade noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
- teen noun A person aged between thirteen and nineteen; short for teenager.
- ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
- tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.
- voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.
Senses
ton is used for these senses in English:
- teen Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.
- metric ton (chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
- shade A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
- ton (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
- tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
- tone (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
- voice (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
pitch — full definition
- noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
- verb To throw, especially a ball toward a batter.
- verb To promote or attempt to sell an idea or product.
- noun The playing field used in sports such as football, rugby, or cricket (chiefly British English).
- noun How high or low a sound is perceived to be.
shade — full definition
- noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
- noun A particular variation of a color.
- noun A subtly insulting remark (often "throw shade").
- verb To block or shield from light.