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INTONATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they intonate ... he / she / it intonates
Past simple: intonated
-ing form: intonating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
Example:
The rabbi chanted a prayer
Synonyms:
cantillate; chant; intonate; intone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "intonate" is one way to...):
sing (produce tones with the voice)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intonate"):
singsong (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
intonation (the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations)
intonation (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)
intonation (singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong)
intonation (rise and fall of the voice pitch)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
Example:
please intonate with sadness
Synonyms:
intonate; intone
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "intonate" is one way to...):
judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
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)