chanting

«chanting» in Mova's school dictionary: Singing or saying words over and over on one or a few… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (chanting, uncountable); present participle of chant (chant, chants, chanted, chanting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Singing or saying words over and over on one or a few notes, often in religious worship. tree →

2) A crowd shouting the same words again and again, at a football match or protest. tree →

3) (school) Saying something together in rhythm to learn it, like times tables. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church life monks sing Gregorian chant; in Buddhism and Hinduism people chant mantras such as «Om». At sports matches fans chant the team's name. In class pupils may chant times tables («three fours are twelve»). Phrases: «the crowd was chanting», «chanting slogans», «chanting monks».

examples

• The monks were chanting in the old abbey. tree →
• The crowd kept chanting the player's name. tree →
• We learned the times tables by chanting them. tree →
• Buddhist monks start the day with chanting. tree →
• Protesters were chanting «Save our park!» tree →
• Soft chanting came from the temple. tree →
• The funeral pyre was then lighted, and the voices of the Muses were heard chanting his funeral dirge. tree →

note

«Chanting» can be a noun (uncountable) or the -ing form of the verb «chant». A chant (countable) is one set of words that is chanted. Do not confuse with «enchanting», which means charming or magical.

In the corpora

• Chanting lists can help you remember, as Grandma did, but understanding root plus suffix lets you spell words you have never met.
• To fancy someone means to like them in a special way; chanting it at someone is teasing.
• Chanting or cheering at a fight encourages it and makes the cheering people part of it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chanting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.