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chant

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
t͡ʃɑːnt

Definitions

  1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
  2. A surname from French.
  3. singing
  4. A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
  5. song
  6. To utter words or sounds in musical tones:carol, sing, vocalize.
  7. A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
  8. A series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.
  9. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
  10. edge
  11. A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan: the chant of the crowd at the rally.
  12. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
  13. corner, especially the intersection of two streets
  14. To sing or intone to a chant: chant a prayer.
  15. To celebrate in song: chanting a hero's deeds.
  16. To say in the manner of a chant: chanted defiant slogans.
  17. To sing, especially in the manner of a chant: chanted while a friend jumped rope.
  18. To speak monotonously.
  19. (Music, other) a simple song or melody
  20. (Music, other) a short simple melody in which several words or syllables are assigned to one note, as in the recitation of psalms

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Examples

“His strange face⟳, his strange chant.”

CEFR level

C2
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