Monotone Definition
mŏnə-tōn
noun
Uninterrupted repetition of the same tone.
Webster's New World
A single tone repeated with different words or time values, especially in a rendering of a liturgical text.
American Heritage
The utterance of words without change of pitch or without expression or feeling.
Webster's New World
Recitation, chanting, or singing in such a tone.
Webster's New World
Monotony or sameness of tone, style, manner, color, etc.
Webster's New World
adjective
Characterized by or uttered in a monotone.
A monotone recitation of names.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Of or having a single color.
A cat with a monotone coat.
American Heritage
Designating sequences, the successive members of which either consistently increase or decrease but do not oscillate in relative value. Each member of a monotone increasing sequence is greater than or equal to the preceding member; each member of a monotone decreasing sequence is less than or equal to the preceding member.
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verb
(intransitive) To speak in a monotone.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Monotone
Noun
Singular:
monotone
Plural:
monotonesOrigin of Monotone
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From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (“unvarying in tone") or its etymon the Ancient Greek μονότονος (monotonos, “steady", “unwavering"); compare cognate adjectives, namely the French monotone, the German monoton, the Italian monotono, and the Spanish monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
From Wiktionary
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From Greek monotonos monotonous monotonous
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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