| VERB | communication | intone, tone, chant | utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically |
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| communication | intone, chant, intonate, cantillate | recite with musical intonation | |
| communication | intone, intonate | speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone |
| Sounds | ihntow'n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tone, chant | |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| Spanish | entonar | |
| Catalan | entonar | |
| Nouns | intonation | the act of singing in a monotonous tone |
| Meaning | recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They will intone the duet | |
| Synonyms | chant, intonate, 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 | |
| Meaning | speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | intonate | |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on |
| Spanish | entonar | |
| Catalan | entonar | |
| Nouns | intonation | rise and fall of the voice pitch |
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