MEANING
To speak or sing words in a repeated rhythm, often together or ceremonially.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- chant a refrain
- chant in unison
On the page
They chanted the same refrain beneath the arch.
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Word forms
- Base
- chant
- Past tense
- chanted
- Past participle
- chanted
- Present participle
- chanting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- chant
- Present continuous
- am/is/are chanting
- Present perfect
- have/has chanted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been chanting
- Past
- chanted
- Past continuous
- was/were chanting
- Past perfect
- had chanted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been chanting
- Future
- will chant
- Future continuous
- will be chanting
- Future perfect
- will have chanted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been chanting
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: chant; chants; chanted; chanted; chanting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: chants.
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