intone
pronunciation
How to pronounce intone in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtəʊn]
How to pronounce intone in American English:
US [ɪnˈtoʊn]
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- Verb:
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
Word Origin
- intone (v.)
- late 14c., entunen "sing, chant, recite," from Old French entoner "sing, chant" (13c.), from Medieval Latin intonare "sing according to tone," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + tonus "tone," from Greek tonos (see tenet). A different verb intone was in use 17c. 18c., from Latin intonare "to thunder, resound," figuratively "to cry out vehemently," from tonare "to thunder." Related: Intoned; intoning.
Example
- 1. If I intone the blessings .
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- 3. You can at least intone poems even you can 't write them , there 's an ancient saying : after reading up three hundred tang poems .
- 4. Urban activists , a tiny minority , must not force the hands of politicians picked by hundreds of millions , they intone .
- 5. Urban planners intone phrases like " transport-oriented development " and " elegant density " .