CHANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does chant mean?
• CHANT (noun)
The noun CHANT has 1 sense:
1. a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Familiarity information: CHANT used as a noun is very rare.
• CHANT (verb)
The verb CHANT has 2 senses:
1. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
2. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Familiarity information: CHANT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHANT (noun)
Meaning:
A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chant" is a kind of...):
religious song (religious music for singing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chant"):
Gregorian chant; plainchant; plainsong (a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church)
Instance hyponyms:
Hallel ((Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh)
Hare Krishna (a chant to the Hindu god Krishna)
• CHANT (verb)
Meaning:
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cantillate; chant; intonate; intone
Context example:
The rabbi chanted a prayer
Hypernyms (to "chant" is one way to...):
sing (produce tones with the voice)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chant"):
singsong (speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will chant the duet
Meaning:
Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
intone; tone; chant
Context example:
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
Hypernyms (to "chant" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue chant
