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# intone

«intone» in Mova's school dictionary: **To say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (intone, intones, intoned, intoning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost like singing on one note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#m1)

2) (church) To sing or chant words of a prayer or service on one note, as a priest or choir does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a serious, slow, sometimes boring or spooky voice: a wizard intones a spell, a teacher intones the rules. In church life, priests and choirs intone prayers and psalms. Phrases: intone a prayer, intone the words, intoned solemnly.

### examples

- The priest intoned the opening prayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x1)
- «Silence in the library,» the librarian intoned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x2)
- The wizard raised his staff and intoned a spell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x3)
- The monks intoned the psalm in a low voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x4)
- The robot intoned, «Please enter the password.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x5)
- Mr Shaw intoned the list of names without looking up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x6)
- The choir intoned the same note again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: intoned, intoning. It describes the way of speaking, not just speaking: use it for slow, steady, solemn voices. Related noun: intonation (the rise and fall of the voice), which in language lessons means something wider than «intone».

### Trees and pragmatics

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