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Definition: Chanting |
ChantingNoun1. The act of singing in a monotonous tone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chanting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: ChantingSynonym: intonation (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Chanting |
| English words defined with "chanting": Antiphone ♦ cantillation, chantlike ♦ Hare Krishna ♦ International Society for Krishna Consciousness, intoned, ISKCON ♦ macumba ♦ Singing falcon, singsong. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "chanting": oi ♦ Vitulos. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | To dig this chanting thing (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Antelope priests chanting at Kisi Moki snake dance. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A large group of men chanting in unison rhythm and pitch. | | Man chanting in a low tone with piano accompaniment. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Turkey | On January 8, a group of 28 youths in Viransehir, Urfa province, some as young as 10, were detained on the charge of "supporting the PKK" for chanting slogans. (references) |
Zimbabwe | In 2000 at a soccer match in Harare, 12 persons were trampled to death after police fired tear gas into stands where opposition supporters were waving MDC banners and chanting antigovernment slogans. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | National Congress Party students wearing military-type uniforms and chanting Islamic jihad slogans reportedly marched onto the campus and interrupted the debate. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Chanting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 73.09% of the time. "Chanting" is used about 223 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 73.09% | 163 | 24,498 |
| Noun (singular) | 20.63% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.04% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.24% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 223 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "chanting": Chanting falcon ♦ chanting of slogans. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "chanting": surf-chanting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
monk chanting | 99 |
chanting | 29 |
buddhist chanting | 14 |
chanting spells | 4 |
chanting music | 3 |
chanting om | 3 |
chanting internal | 2 |
chanting sanskrit | 2 |
chanting vedic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "chanting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ترنيم (intonation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 歌颂 (Chant, Chanted). (various references) | |
Finnish | veisuu (singing). (various references) | |
French | psalmodie (chant). (various references) | |
German | singen (blab, buzz, buzzing, Carol, chant, give, grass, hum, humming, sing, sing away, singing, squeal, to sing (sang, vocalize), gesang (canto, chant, hymn, note, singing, song). (various references) | |
Greek | melierax poliopterus (melierax poliopterus, pale chanting goshawk), κελαϊδοσάινο (melierax poliopterus, pale chanting goshawk), συνθηματολογία (chanting of slogans). (various references) | |
Italian | melierax poliopterus (melierax poliopterus, pale chanting goshawk), astore cantante orientale (melierax poliopterus, pale chanting goshawk). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 読経 (sutra chanting), 誦経 (chanting or reading the sutras), 謡 (Noh chanting, recitation), 称名 (intoning or chanting the name of the Buddha), 神懸り (Buddhist chanting), 吟 (recitation or chanting of a poem), 感吟 (emotional chanting or recitation), "い方 (method of chanting), "名 (intoning or chanting the name of the Buddha). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎ"えい (recitation or chanting of a poem, The Ginei Movie Theater), ずきょう (chanting or reading the sutras), しょうみょう (intoning or chanting the name of the Buddha, minor feudal lord), うたい (Noh chanting, recitation), どきょう (bravery, courage, grit, guts, nerve, pluck, sutra chanting), か"ぎ" (emotional chanting or recitation, hypothecary bank), かみがかり (Buddhist chanting, divine possession, fanatic), じゅきょう (chanting or reading the sutras, Confucianism), とないかた (method of chanting). (various references) | |
Korean | 노래를 부름. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antingchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | melierax poliopterus (melierax poliopterus, pale chanting goshawk), açor-cantador (melierax poliopterus, pale chanting goshawk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | meloidia. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | fragâthremca, sraothrem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "chanting": disenchanting, enchanting, merchanting. (additional references) | |
Words containing "chanting": disenchantingly, enchantingly. (additional references) | |
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"Chanting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chafting, Chanoine, chantant, chantent, chantine, chating, Chhnang, Chnang, Khantyn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chanting" (pronounced kha"nting) |
| 6 | kh a" n t i ng | enchanting. |
| 5 | -a" n t i ng | decanting, granting, implanting, panting, planting, ranting, recanting, replanting, slanting, supplanting, transplanting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | appointing, accenting, accounting, amounting, augmenting, blunting, bunting, cementing, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, consenting, counting, daunting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implementing, imprinting, inventing, lamenting, minting, misrepresenting, mounting, painting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, pointing, presenting, preventing, printing, recounting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, representing, reprinting, resenting, shunting, sprinting, squinting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, unrelenting, unstinting, venting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-h-i-n-n-t" | |
-1 letter: canting, gnathic, hanting. | |
-2 letters: aching, acting, anting, caning, canthi, hating, incant, tannic. | |
-3 letters: acing, actin, aitch, antic, chain, chang, chant, china, giant, natch, night, ninth, thing. | |
-4 letters: agin, anti, cain, cant, chat, chia, chin, chit, gain, gait, ghat, gnat, hang, hant, hint, inch, itch, nigh, tach, tain, tang, than, thin, ting. | |
-5 letters: act, ain, ait. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-h-i-n-n-t" | |
+1 letter: chaunting, snatching, stanching. | |
+2 letters: chastening, enchanting, staunching, unlatching, unteaching. | |
+3 letters: interchange, machinating, merchanting, nonteaching. | |
+4 letters: antilynching, antipoaching, cachinnating, chlorinating, enchantingly, handcrafting, interchanged, interchanger, interchanges. | |
+5 letters: anthropogenic, disenchanting, fianchettoing, hallucinating, interchaining, interchangers, interchanging, nonpathogenic, pathognomonic, shortchanging, stickhandling. | |
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