chant
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Types & categories
- religious song hypernym
- plainsong hyponym
- Hallel instance hyponym
- Hare Krishna instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
The rabbi chanted a prayer
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- intonation derivation
- chanting derivation
- cantillation derivation
- intonation derivation
- chanter derivation
- chant derivation
- intonation derivation
Sense 3 verb
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tone |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious song |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plainsong |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hallel |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hare Krishna |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intonation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chanting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cantillation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intonation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chanter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intonation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | singsong |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chanting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |