intonation

About 1.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
2. noun Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
3. noun A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
4. noun Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

   Her intonation was false.

5. noun Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.

Similar words

chanting pitch contour cadence accent inflection tone pitch modulation rhythm melody

Often followed by

of and in is patterns pattern contour contours that

Word family

intonational intonations