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Intonation
/ɪntɵˈneɪʃən/
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
📖 Definitions of "Intonation"
noun
- 1
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- 2
The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
- 3
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
"Her intonation was false."
- 4
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.
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