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# chant

«chant» in Mova's school dictionary: **Words or a phrase repeated over and over in a rhythm…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a chant, chants); verb (chant, chants, chanted, chanting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Words or a phrase repeated over and over in a rhythm, often by a crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#m1)

2) (church) A simple tune used to sing prayers or psalms, like plainchant or Gregorian chant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#m2)

3) (verb) To say or sing words again and again in a rhythm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in sport (fans chant), protests, playground games, and church music. In school, children chant times tables to learn them. It tells the reader there is a strong repeated rhythm. Phrases: football chant, chant a name, Gregorian chant, chant times tables.

### examples

- The fans chanted the team's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x1)
- We chant our times tables every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x2)
- The monks sang a slow chant in the chapel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x3)
- "We want more!" chanted the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x4)
- The playground chant goes "one, two, buckle my shoe". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x5)
- The protesters chanted for change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x6)
- Gregorian chant is very old church music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x7)
- The incense rises in clouds, and the monks chant the funeral hymn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/#x8)

### note

Countable: chants. Regular verb: chanted. Not the same as "shout" (a chant is repeated with rhythm). Some football chants are rude; not all are school-friendly.

### In the corpora

- [To fancy someone means to like them in a special way; chanting it at someone is teasing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.