Intonation Definition

ĭntə-nāshən, -tō-
intonations
noun
intonations
The act of intoning.
Webster's New World
An intoned utterance.
American Heritage
The quality of singing or playing tones in or out of tune with regard to a given standard of pitch.
Webster's New World
The use of changing pitch to convey syntactic information.
A questioning intonation.
American Heritage
The singing of these.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Intonation

Noun

Singular:
intonation
Plural:
intonations

Origin of Intonation

  • From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio

    From Wiktionary

Intonation Sentence Examples

  • She displayed beautiful intonation and reached the A flat without even a hint of shrillness.

  • But there is a wealth of verbal derivatives, the vocabulary is copious, and the intonation harmonious.

  • The universal tribute of Townshend's colleagues allows him the possession of boundless wit and ready eloquence, set off by perfect melody of intonation, but marred by an unexampled lack of judgment and discretion.

  • Rules specify how these elementary pitch movements can be combined to create intonation contours for entire messages.

  • It may seem at first that so many as 44 consonants can scarcely be necessary, but the explanation is that several of them express each a slightly different intonation of what is practically the same consonant, the sound of" kh,"for instance, being represented by six different letters and the sound of" t "by eight.

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Words Starting With

IININT

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With I and Ending With N

Starts With I & Ends With NStarts With IN & Ends With NStarts With I & Ends With ON

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With I10 Letter Words Ending With N