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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•tone /ˈoʊvɚˌtoʊn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an additional meaning or quality, as in someone's speech or behavior, that is not openly expressed but can be understood or felt by others.
See -ton-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•tone (ō′vər tōn′),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancean acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
- an additional, usually subsidiary and implicit meaning or quality:an aesthetic theory with definite political overtones.
- translation of German Oberton. See over-, tone 1865–70
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged insinuation, suggestion, intimation, hint.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: overtone /ˈəʊvəˌtəʊn/ n - (often plural) additional meaning or nuance: overtones of despair
- any of the tones, with the exception of the fundamental, that constitute a musical sound and contribute to its quality, each having a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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