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# intonation

«intonation» in Mova's school dictionary: **The rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (intonation, intonations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can change the meaning: a question often goes up at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#m1)

2) (music) Singing or playing exactly in tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and language lessons (reading aloud with expression, questions, sarcasm), French and Mandarin lessons, and music. Phrases: rising intonation, falling intonation, good intonation.

### examples

- Use rising intonation when you ask a yes-no question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x1)
- Her intonation showed she was joking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x2)
- Reading aloud with good intonation makes a story come alive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x3)
- The violinist worked on her intonation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x4)
- In some Australian and New Zealand speech, statements end with a rising intonation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x5)
- Intonation can turn Really. into Really? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x6)
- No explanation could convey an adequate idea of the intonation and pronunciation which Uncle Remus brought to bear upon this wonderful word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/#x7)

### note

Not the same as tone in Mandarin: tones change the meaning of single words; intonation is the tune of a whole sentence. Uncountable usually.

### Trees and pragmatics

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