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Webster 1913 Edition
Intonation
1.
(Mus.)
(a)
The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
(b)
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise;
as, her
. intonation
was false(c)
Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See
Intone
, Verb.
T.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intonation
INTONA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The manner of sounding or tuning the notes of a musical scale.2.
In speaking, the modulation of the voice in expression.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
intonation (plural intonations)
- (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
- Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
- Her intonation was false.
- Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
- A thundering; thunder.
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Translations
the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
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References
- intonation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- intonation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913