| VERB | communication | intonate, intone | speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone |
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| communication | intonate, chant, intone, cantillate | recite with musical intonation |
| Meaning | speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "please intonate with sadness" | |
| Synonym | intone | |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on |
| Spanish | entonar | |
| Catalan | entonar | |
| Nouns | intonation | rise and fall of the voice pitch |
| tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages | |
| tone | the quality of a person's voice | |
| Meaning | recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | chant, intone, cantillate | |
| Narrower | singsong | speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong |
| Broader | sing | produce tones with the voice |
| Spanish | cantar, entonar, salmodiar | |
| Catalan | cantar, entonar, salmejar, salmodiar | |
| Nouns | intonation | the act of singing in a monotonous tone |
| intonation | singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong | |
| intonation | the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument) | |
| intonation | rise and fall of the voice pitch | |
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