Thesaurus: intonation

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1. n. A thundering; thunder.
2. n. The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
3. n. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.
4. n. 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, v. t.
5. n. rise and fall of the voice pitch
6. n. singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
7. n. the act of singing in a monotonous tone
8. n. the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
9. A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey. (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, v. t.
10. A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
11. n:100 n. rise and fall of the voice pitch n. singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong n. the act of singing in a monotonous tone