Meaning

1 senses

  1. To give an overtone to.

Origin

From over- + tone, calque of German Oberton.

From over- + tone, calque of German Oberton.

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Forms

overtones, overtoning, overtoned, overtoned

regular · Lesson

Base formovertone · to overtone
3rd person singularovertones
Present participleovertoning
Past simpleovertoned
Past participleovertoned

Tenses

overtone · overtoned · will overtone · have overtoned

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovertone
he, she, itovertones

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overtoned
he, she, ithas overtoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overtone

Past simpleLesson

all personsovertoned

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overtimeB2overtlyovertrainoverture

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