He read the poem in a monotone.
Source: tatoeba (290873)
Monotone
//ˈmɒn.ə.təʊn//
Synonyms for "monotone" (148 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
monotonousnessmonotonynear rhymenexusorderlinessovertonepartialpartial tonepedestrianpendulumperiodicitypitchpitter patterpitter-patterplenumploddingpokypowder trainprogressionqueue
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rangerankrecurrenceregularityrepeated soundsrepetitiousnessrepetitivenessreticulationrhymerhymedrhymingrotationroundroutinerowrunsamelinesssamenessscalesequenceseriessingle filesingsongslant rhymesmoothnesssoniferoussonoroussoundedsoundingspectrumstale repetitionstodgystringsuccessionswathtedioustediumthreadtiertonaltonetonelesstonelessnesstraintreadmilltrotundeviationundifferentiationunnecessary repetitionunvariationwindrow
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3 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 16 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- monótonu adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- еднозвучен adj (having a single pitch)
Catalan
2 entries- monòton adj (having a single pitch)
- monòton adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
Czech
1 entries- jednotvárnost jeho hlasu adj (having a single pitch)
Esperanto
1 entries- unutona adj (having a single pitch)
Finnish
1 entries- monotoninen adj (having a single pitch)
French
1 entries- monotone adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
Galician
1 entries- monótono adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
German
1 entries- monoton adj (having a single pitch)
Italian
2 entries- monotonale adj (having a single pitch)
- monotono adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
Māori
3 entries- hātahi adj (having a single pitch)
- hātahi noun (A single tone in speech or sound)
- reo pūkawa noun (A single tone in speech or sound)
Portuguese
4 entries- monotónico adj (having a single pitch)
- monotônico adj (having a single pitch)
- monótono adj (having a single pitch)
- monótono adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
Romanian
1 entries- monoton adj (having a single pitch)
Russian
1 entries- моното́нный adj (having a single pitch)
Spanish
2 entries- monótono adj (having a single pitch)
- monótono adj (mathematics: always nonincreasing or nondecreasing)
Swedish
1 entries- monoton adj (having a single pitch)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If this is not satisfied, we cannot say that the function is monotone increasing.
Source: tatoeba (794997)
If this does not obtain, we cannot say that the function is monotone increasing.
Source: tatoeba (794998)
Tom read out Mary's letter to us in a monotone voice.
Source: tatoeba (6197779)
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