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toning in

toning in is the present participle and gerund of tone in.

Meaning of tone in

Verb

tone in (third-person singular simple present tones in, present participle toning in, simple past and past participle toned in)

  1. To fit well (with something, in colour, mood, etc.).
    • The stately couch […]; the high-backed chairs […]; the fine oak carvings—all gave a solemnity to the place that toned in with Constance’s forlorn spirit […]1841, Lord William Lennox, chapter 9, in Compton Audley,, volume 3, London: Richard Bentley, page 165
    Synonyms:
    go with, harmonize, match

Questions about toning in

What is toning in the present participle and gerund of?
Toning in is the present participle and gerund of tone in.

Words near toning in in the dictionary

  1. tonight
  2. tonights
  3. Tonimbuk
  4. toning
  5. toning down
  6. toning in
  7. toning table
  8. toning tables
  9. toning up
  10. toning with
  11. tonings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toning in (page history and authors); tone in (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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