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downtones

downtones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downtone.

Meaning of downtone

Verb

downtone (third-person singular simple present downtones, present participle downtoning, simple past and past participle downtoned)

  1. (transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Questions about downtones

What is downtones the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Downtones is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downtone.

Words near downtones in the dictionary

  1. Downton
  2. downtone
  3. downtoned
  4. downtoner
  5. downtoners
  6. downtones
  7. Downtonian
  8. Downtonians
  9. downtoning
  10. downtown
  11. downtowner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downtones (page history and authors); downtone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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