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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: sing
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: chant, intonate, cantillate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sing
Narrower terms: singsong
verb
speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intonate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, label, judge
verb
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tone, chant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
History
From Middle English entune, entone, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonō, from in- (inchoative prefix) + tonus (“pitch, tone”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); doublet of intonate. Cognate with French entonner, Italian intonare.
