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chant
has definitions from the fields of music,fine art
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[ verb ] (music) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant
Synonyms Examples "The rabbi chanted a prayer" Used in print (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)In the railway_station at Berlin , a uniformed attendant was chanting , ' Foreigners this way ! Related terms sing singsong intonation intonation intonation cantillation chanter |
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[ verb ] utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Examples "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" Used in print (The New York Times...)The final group included folk_songs from back home , stomped out , shouted and chanted with irresistible spirit and in cowboy costume . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (music,fine art) a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
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