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# chanting

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

«chanting» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Singing or saying words over and over on one or a few notes, often in religious worship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#m1)
2. A crowd shouting the same words again and again, at a football match or protest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#m2)
3. (school) Saying something together in rhythm to learn it, like times tables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x1)
- The crowd kept chanting the player's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x2)
- We learned the times tables by chanting them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x3)
- Buddhist monks start the day with chanting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x4)
- Protesters were chanting «Save our park!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x5)
- Soft chanting came from the temple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x6)
- The funeral pyre was then lighted, and the voices of the Muses were heard chanting his funeral dirge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chanting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chanting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chanting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chanting.html) on Mova free.