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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTONE

From Medieval Latin intonare, from in-² + tone.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTONE

intone  [ɪnˈtəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intone is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb intone in English.

WHAT DOES INTONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intone in the English dictionary

The first definition of intone in the dictionary is to utter, recite, or sing in a monotonous or incantatory tone. Other definition of intone is to speak with a particular or characteristic intonation or tone. Intone is also to sing in plainsong.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INTONE

PRESENT

Present
I intone
you intone
he/she/it intones
we intone
you intone
they intone
Present continuous
I am intoning
you are intoning
he/she/it is intoning
we are intoning
you are intoning
they are intoning
Present perfect
I have intoned
you have intoned
he/she/it has intoned
we have intoned
you have intoned
they have intoned
Present perfect continuous
I have been intoning
you have been intoning
he/she/it has been intoning
we have been intoning
you have been intoning
they have been intoning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I intoned
you intoned
he/she/it intoned
we intoned
you intoned
they intoned
Past continuous
I was intoning
you were intoning
he/she/it was intoning
we were intoning
you were intoning
they were intoning
Past perfect
I had intoned
you had intoned
he/she/it had intoned
we had intoned
you had intoned
they had intoned
Past perfect continuous
I had been intoning
you had been intoning
he/she/it had been intoning
we had been intoning
you had been intoning
they had been intoning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will intone
you will intone
he/she/it will intone
we will intone
you will intone
they will intone
Future continuous
I will be intoning
you will be intoning
he/she/it will be intoning
we will be intoning
you will be intoning
they will be intoning
Future perfect
I will have intoned
you will have intoned
he/she/it will have intoned
we will have intoned
you will have intoned
they will have intoned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been intoning
you will have been intoning
he/she/it will have been intoning
we will have been intoning
you will have been intoning
they will have been intoning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would intone
you would intone
he/she/it would intone
we would intone
you would intone
they would intone
Conditional continuous
I would be intoning
you would be intoning
he/she/it would be intoning
we would be intoning
you would be intoning
they would be intoning
Conditional perfect
I would have intone
you would have intone
he/she/it would have intone
we would have intone
you would have intone
they would have intone
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been intoning
you would have been intoning
he/she/it would have been intoning
we would have been intoning
you would have been intoning
they would have been intoning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you intone
we let´s intone
you intone
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to intone
Past participle
intoned
Present Participle
intoning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTONE


atone
əˈtəʊn
attone
əˈtəʊn
Blackstone
ˈblækˌstəʊn
cornerstone
ˈkɔːnəˌstəʊn
firestone
ˈfaɪəˌstəʊn
gemstone
ˈdʒɛmˌstəʊn
hearthstone
ˈhɑːθˌstəʊn
keystone
ˈkiːˌstəʊn
limestone
ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn
melocoton
ˌmɛləʊkəˈtəʊn
Menton
mɛnˈtəʊn
milestone
ˈmaɪlˌstəʊn
misatone
ˌmɪsəˈtəʊn
rhinestone
ˈraɪnˌstəʊn
ringtone
ˈrɪŋˌtəʊn
sacaton
ˌsækəˈtəʊn
sandstone
ˈsændˌstəʊn
stone
stəʊn
tone
təʊn
Yellowstone
ˈjɛləʊˌstəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTONE

intolerantly
intolerantness
intoleration
intonaco
intonate
intonation
intonation contour
intonation pattern
intonational
intonator
intoner
intoning
intoningly
intorsion
intort
intortion
intown
intoxicant
intoxicate
intoxicated

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTONE

baritone
birthstone
cobblestone
Crotone
Ecclestone
eigentone
Gladstone
histone
ketone
kill two birds with one stone
Livingstone
Maidstone
monotone
moonstone
rolling stone
stepping stone
thiopentone
tombstone
touchstone
two-tone

Synonyms and antonyms of intone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTONE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «intone» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of intone

Translation of «intone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTONE

Find out the translation of intone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吟诵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

entonar
570 millions of speakers

English

intone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़ोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترنم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интонировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entonar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটানা সুরে আবৃত্তি করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

entonner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Intone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

intonieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳かに唱える
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

>진지한 말투로 말하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đọc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குரலோடு ஓது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Intone
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

makamlı okumak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтонувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intona
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τονίζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanheffen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intone
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTONE»

The term «intone» is regularly used and occupies the 60.274 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intone

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTONE»

Discover the use of intone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours
The Reference program in Listing 12.1 shows how references are created and used. Listing 12.1 The Full Text of Reference.cppReference.cpp 1: #include < iostream> 2: 3: int main() 4: { int intOne; int &rSomeRef = intOne; intOne = 5; std:: cout ...
Jesse Liberty, Rogers Cadenhead, 2011
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OpenMP Shared Memory Parallel Programming: International ...
... int* intone.nprocs-01, int* intone.master01, $shared.var.decljist ) l Sprivate-var- declJist; int intone.start, intone-end, intoneJast; intone.begin-for($Ib, Sub, Sstep, Schunksize, Sscheduletype); while (intonejiext Jters( &intone.start, fcintone^end,  ...
Michael J. Voss, 2003
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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
9 OUTPUT ANALYSIS intOne: 5 rSomeRef: 5 intOne: 7 rSomeRef: 7 On line 8, a local integer variable, intOne, is declared. On line 9, a reference to an integer (int) , rSomeRef, is declared and initialized to refer to intOne. As already stated, if ...
Jesse Liberty, Bradley L. Jones, 2004
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Manual of Reading, in Four Parts: Orthophony, Class Methods, ...
Exercises in Smooth Tone, which end suddenly, or die out 1. Fill the lungs and intone slowly from a heavy voice to a whisper, or " diminuendo" Q£ of Fig. I). S. Fill the lungs and intone reversely, or " crescendo" — from light to heavy (last of Fig.
H. L. D. Potter, 1871
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Modelling Financial Derivatives with MATHEMATICA ®
DownAndOutPutTheta[reb_, p_, k_, h_, sd_, r_, q_, t_] = If[k >= h, Evaluate [-D[ intone [p, k, sd, r, q, t, -1] -inttwo[p, k, h, sd, r, q, t, -1] +intthree [p, k, h, sd, r, q, t, -1, 1] -intfour [p, k, h, sd, r, q, t, -1, 1] + intsix[reb, p, h, sd, r, g, t, l],t]], Evaluate ...
William T. Shaw, 1998
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Walking the Wheel
Draw another earth banishing pentagram, point to the center of this new star, and intone ADNI (pronounced Ah-doe-nai). Trace another semi-circle as you turn to the western quadrant. Draw the earth banishing pentagram, point to the center, ...
S. Brook Putnam, 2011
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Vocal Enrichment: Enlightenment Through Voice - For ...
Gently hum m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m, Feel lips, nose, and front of face vibrate. Do not use all the breath. Repeat six times. 2. Shape the hands like a megaphone round the nose and mouth. Inhale and intone gently, but firmly, moom-moom-moom.
Hazel Menehira, 2008
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Self-Initiation Into the Golden Dawn Tradition: A Complete ...
Give a knock, then trace with the wand a large circle in front of the Tablet. Draw the invoking pentagram of Spirit Active. As you do so vibrate "EXARP" (Ex-ar-pay) . Trace the sigil of Spirit in the center and intone "EHEIEH" (Eh-heh-yay). Give the  ...
Chic Cicero, 1995
9
Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and ...
OEDIPUS [intone]: Ho! You come to this house? You! (Free.) What insolence! [ Intone.] You, (free) the proved assassin of its former master; you, the designing, would-be king! [Intone. ] God help you! Come, (free) tell me, in the name of heaven, ...
Harry Partch, Thomas McGeary, 2000
10
AppleScript in a Nutshell
If the subroutine has a direct parameter (it does not have to), then the subroutine name has to be followed by the keyword of or in: On Square of intone . . . Subroutines with labeled parameters are unwieldy to design compared with subroutines ...
Bruce W. Perry, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intone is used in the context of the following news items.
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HEROD: Winners get to spin council narrative | St. Catharines …
Thank goodness his council had the wisdom and foresight to put things right, he would intone gravely. And so it was, helped immeasurably by ... «St. Catharines Standard, Jul 15»
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'Watchman' a truer novel than 'Mockingbird' | News & Observer …
... Mallon called it “a kind of moral Ritalin,” with its hero “a plaster saint” who never passed up an opportunity to intone Aesopian rectitude. «News & Observer, Jul 15»
3
'Irrational Man' Highlights the Half-Life of Woody Allen Films
Even a twentysomething therapized within an inch of her life isn't liable to intone, "You are suffering from despair" or "His spirits now seem up.". «WordandFilm.com, Jul 15»
4
Multifaceted Music Application - Sonic State
Later we wanted to extend the live performance software to other instruments and musicians, so we developed the InTone family. InTone Keys ... «Sonic State, Jul 15»
5
Australia's economic leadership is MIA
“Our fundamentals remain sound,” Peter Costello would intone on almost a weekly basis during times of crisis, pointing to the nation's low ... «Business Spectator, Jul 15»
6
The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Prison
Stunned, the Indians would collectively intone, “He shall know your ways as if born to them,” this being the ancient prophecy I had thereby ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, Jul 15»
7
Existential pigeons and doomed mountaineers: Indie and art house …
"We just want people to have fun," they glumly intone over and over as they wander through a landscape populated by people with a wry ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
8
Ignorant voters poised to crown Hillary
I could almost hear the Judge intone to his readers: You're smart; you figure it out. What do we typically do with people who commit serial ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
9
THE GOOD AND BAD: Social media's impact on healthy living
We stopped by InTone Fitness in Greenville to find Maria McCloud, an elementary school teacher, using workouts she found on Instagram and ... «WITN, Jul 15»
10
2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'Girl Versus Corinth'
Three silhouettes appear in the eerie lighting and female voices begin to intone a chant. This is the beautiful opening stage picture of Danny ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

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