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verb · transitive

downtone

downtone · downtones · downtoned · downtoning

To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplayTo tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Meaning

1 senses

To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Origin

From down + tone.

From down + tone.

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Forms

downtones, downtoning, downtoned, downtoned

Base form	downtone · to downtone
3rd person singular	downtones
Present participle	downtoning
Past simple	downtoned
Past participle	downtoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	downtone
he, she, it	downtones

Past simpleLesson

all persons

downtoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have downtoned
he, she, it	has downtoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will downtone

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

Deriveddowntoner

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

downstream downtime downtownA2 downturn

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