intonation
[noun]
Synonyms: inflection, accent, tone

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in‧to‧na‧tion /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] the way in which the level of your voice changes in order to add meaning to what you are saying, for example by going up at the end of a question:
intonation patterns

2. [uncountable] technical the playing or singing of correct musical notes

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intonation
noun
ADJ. falling, flat, rising the rising intonation at the end of spoken questions
foreign He speaks excellent Spanish but with a distinctly foreign intonation.
INTONATION + NOUN pattern

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