Dictionary entries for 'intonation'

Synonyms

in·to·na·tion (ĭńtə-nā́shən, -tō-)

noun

1. The act of intoning or chanting.
2. An intoned utterance.
A manner of producing or uttering tones, especially with regard to accuracy of pitch.
Linguistics The use of changing pitch to convey syntactic information: a questioning intonation.
A use of pitch characteristic of a speaker or dialect: “He could hear authority, the old parish intonation coming back into his voice” (Graham Greene)
Music The opening phrase of a plainsong composition sung as a solo part.