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. | |
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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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