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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌleɪt/
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General-American, dialectal:
/ˈmɑ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/
of Canada
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General-American, dialectal:
/ˈmɑ.djuˌleɪt/
of Canada
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Canada, dialectal:
/ˈmɒd͡ʒɪˌleɪt/
of the US
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Canada, dialectal:
/ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌleɪt/
of the US
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Australian:
/ˈmɔd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/
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New-Zealand:
/ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/
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CMU ARPABET:
M AO1 JH Y UW0 L EY0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2:
M AO1 JH UW0 L EY0 T
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To regulate, adjust or adapt.
To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
To regulate, adjust or adapt.
To vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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To regulate, adjust or adapt.
To move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Antonyms: none provided
vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: change, alter, vary
adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: adjust, set, correct
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
regulate the temperature modulate the pitch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regulate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adjust, set, correct
vary the pitch of one's speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tone, inflect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
change the key of, in music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: play, spiel
From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”). Compare module, modulus. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.
Across languages
Translations 47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
променям
(promenjam)
— to regulate
Bulgarian :
регулирам
(reguliram)
— to regulate
Catalan :
modular
— to regulate
Danish :
modulere
— to regulate
Danish :
regulere
— to regulate
Finnish :
säännellä
— to regulate
French :
moduler
— to regulate
German :
modulieren
— to regulate
Italian :
modulare
— to regulate
Māori :
whakaauau
— to regulate
Polish :
modulować
— to regulate
Polish :
zmodulować
— to regulate
Portuguese :
modular
— to regulate
Russian :
модулировать
(modulirovatʹ)
— to regulate
Slovene :
regulirati
— to regulate
Slovene :
uravnati
— to regulate
Spanish :
modular
— to regulate
Bulgarian :
модулирам
(moduliram)
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Danish :
modulere
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Finnish :
moduloida
— to change the pitch (transitive)
French :
moduler
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Māori :
whakaauau
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Polish :
cieniować
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Polish :
modulować
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Polish :
zmodulować
— to change the pitch (transitive)
Bulgarian :
модилирам
(modiliram)
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Catalan :
modular
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Dutch :
moduleren
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Finnish :
moduloida
— to vary the amplitude etc.
French :
moduler
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Polish :
modulować
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Polish :
zmodulować
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Russian :
модулировать
(modulirovatʹ)
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Ukrainian :
модулюва́ти
(moduljuváty)
— to vary the amplitude etc.
Chinese Mandarin :
轉調 /转调
(zhuǎndiào)
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Chinese Mandarin :
移調 /移调
(yídiào)
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Danish :
modulere
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Dutch :
moduleren
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Finnish :
moduloida
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Finnish :
moduloitua
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
French :
moduler
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
German :
modulieren
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Italian :
modulare
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Polish :
modulować się
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Polish :
zmodulować się
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Russian :
модули́ровать
(modulírovatʹ)
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
Ukrainian :
модулюва́ти
(moduljuváty)
— to move from one key to another (intransitive)
