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# chanting

«chanting» in Mova's school dictionary: **Singing or saying words over and over on one or a few…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (chanting, uncountable); present participle of chant (chant, chants, chanted, chanting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Singing or saying words over and over on one or a few notes, often in religious worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#m1)

2) A crowd shouting the same words again and again, at a football match or protest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#m2)

3) (school) Saying something together in rhythm to learn it, like times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In church life monks sing Gregorian chant; in Buddhism and Hinduism people chant mantras such as «Om». At sports matches fans chant the team's name. In class pupils may chant times tables («three fours are twelve»). Phrases: «the crowd was chanting», «chanting slogans», «chanting monks».

### examples

- The monks were chanting in the old abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x1)
- The crowd kept chanting the player's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x2)
- We learned the times tables by chanting them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x3)
- Buddhist monks start the day with chanting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x4)
- Protesters were chanting «Save our park!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x5)
- Soft chanting came from the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x6)
- The funeral pyre was then lighted, and the voices of the Muses were heard chanting his funeral dirge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x7)

### note

«Chanting» can be a noun (uncountable) or the -ing form of the verb «chant». A chant (countable) is one set of words that is chanted. Do not confuse with «enchanting», which means charming or magical.

### In the corpora

- [Chanting lists can help you remember, as Grandma did, but understanding root plus suffix lets you spell words you have never met.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/14/)
- [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/)
- [Chanting or cheering at a fight encourages it and makes the cheering people part of it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/393-bystanders/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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