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

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