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a distinctive way of putting ideas into words<the angry tone of his letter makes it clear he doesn't want to speak to me ever again>— see style 1
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a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished<fall fashions in deep jewel tones>— see color 1
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the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others<all that show-biz glitz is out of keeping with the tone of the college>— see nature 1
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