chant
verb/tʃɑːnt/
/tʃænt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chant | /tʃɑːnt/ /tʃænt/ |
| he / she / it chants | /tʃɑːnts/ /tʃænts/ |
| past simple chanted | /ˈtʃɑːntɪd/ /ˈtʃæntɪd/ |
| past participle chanted | /ˈtʃɑːntɪd/ /ˈtʃæntɪd/ |
| -ing form chanting | /ˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ /ˈtʃæntɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to sing or shout the same words or phrases many times
- A group of protesters, chanting and carrying placards, waited outside.
- chant something The crowd chanted their hero's name.
- ‘Resign! Resign!’ they chanted.
- [intransitive, transitive] chant (something) to sing or say a religious song or prayer using only a few notes that are repeated many times
- In a nearby temple, our guide chanted a prayer and lit a stick of incense.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sing’): from Old French chanter ‘sing’, from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere ‘sing’.
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