intonation (noun)

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• intonation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ falling, flat, rising ▪ the rising intonation at the end of spoken questions INTONATION + NOUN ▪ pattern …   Collocations dictionary

• intonation — ► NOUN 1) the rise and fall of the voice in speaking. 2) the action of intoning. 3) accuracy of musical pitch. DERIVATIVES intonational adjective …   English terms dictionary

• intonation pattern — noun intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements • Hypernyms: ↑intonation, ↑modulation, ↑pitch contour * * * noun : a unit of speech melody in a language or dialect that contributes to the total meaning of an utterance one …   Useful english dictionary

• intonation — noun 1) she read with the wrong intonation Syn: inflection, pitch, tone, timbre, cadence, lilt, rise and fall, modulation, speech pattern; accentuation, accent, emphasis, stress 2) the intonation of hymns …   Thesaurus of popular words

• intonation — noun a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. Her intonation was false. b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise. See Also: intonable, intonate, intonational, intonationally, intonator …   Wiktionary

• intonation — I noun accentuation, cadence, delivery, inflection, phonation, pitch, quality, resonance, sound, timbre, tonality, tone, tone of voice, vocalism, voice associated concepts: demeanor II index inflection, stress ( …   Law dictionary

• intonation — noun Date: 1620 1. something that is intoned; specifically the opening tones of a Gregorian chant 2. the act of intoning and especially of chanting 3. the ability to play or sing notes in tune 4. manner of utterance; specifically the rise and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• intonation — noun 1》 the rise and fall of the voice in speaking.     ↘the action of intoning. 2》 accuracy of pitch. 3》 the opening phrase of a plainsong melody. Derivatives intonate verb intonational adjective …   English new terms dictionary

• intonation — noun (C, U) 1 the way in which the level of your voice changes in order to add meaning to what you are saying, for example by going up at the end of a question 2 (U) the act of intoning something …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• intonation */ — UK [ˌɪntəˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms intonation : singular intonation plural intonations linguistics the way in which your voice rises or falls when you speak …   English dictionary

• intonation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. inflection or modulation [of voice]; tuning. See sound, music. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inflection, pitch pattern, tone, accent; see accent 2 , 3 , inflection , sound 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …   English dictionary for students