I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chant slogans (= repeat slogans in a regular way )
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Dozens of demonstrators waved banners and chanted slogans.
fans chant sth
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England fans chanted his name.
Gregorian chant
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
name
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Crowds chanted the name of their new hero.
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The Prime Minister belched into a lace handkerchief and began speaking over the slow chanting of his name .
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The girls spend most of their time chanting the builders' names and showing them things they have no interest in.
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The fans chanted his name for the first time in recent memory.
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They were actually chanting his name .
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He squeezed it between his fingers and softly chanted her name . 9 Rico?
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Dublin has certainly become the new hero on the terraces, as the travelling fans chanted his name at the end.
slogan
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Waving placards and chanting slogans , about 100 of his associates did their best to annoy the Republicans.
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The names being read by demonstrators were clear enough ftom here, as was the more generalized mass chanting of various slogans .
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Twenty-five pickets held signs and chanted anti-embargo slogans .
word
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Listen, listen - it learns a new language, chanting strange words again and again.
■ VERB
begin
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The boy appeared skeptical, but then began to chant the aleph-bet, over and over again.
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The old woman began to chant .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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DiMaggio came to the window as the crowd chanted, "Joe, Joe!"
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Protesters clapped and chanted.
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We could hear monks chanting as we entered the monastery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was there when the killers streamed down from the surrounding hills, chanting war cries.
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I just hope they're chanting when we win the Championship.
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She chanted aloud: now and at the hour of our death amen.
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The old man continued to chant and Corbett suddenly felt more relaxed.
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The priests and deacons chanted the liturgy that has barely changed in more than a thousand years.
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Yet each year they continue to chant the get-tough mantra: more funding, more firepower and stiffer sanctions.
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You just sit on the ground, chant , douse yourself with gasoline and light a match.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gregorian
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When he was about half-way he paused and whistled loudly like a blackbird that was attempting a Gregorian chant .
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The music is as old as Gregorian chant and as fresh as a Disney soundtrack.
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He excelled in music and is one of the originators of Gregorian chants and the liturgical sequences.
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Computer science is a bit like a Gregorian chant a one-line melody changing state within larger scale sections.
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Some of the allure is a residue of the Gregorian chant mania of a few years ago.
■ VERB
hear
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When was the last time you heard that chant in the Coliseum?
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In the wind and cold I could almost hear her chants and gongs, and smell her incense burning.
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For a moment, I thought I heard a strange pagan chant of ` Kill the goat!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Demonstrators blew whistles and screamed protest chants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between each song, a chant pushes up like a hushed inhale, murmuring from a hesitant corner.
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Computer science is a bit like a Gregorian chant a one-line melody changing state within larger scale sections.
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Other examples of these chants are to be found in Chapter 5.
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The chant was deafeningly clear from the outset.
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The music is as old as Gregorian chant and as fresh as a Disney soundtrack.
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There's the Andamans, where they never talk, just converse entirely in song - a sort of chant .
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When was the last time you heard that chant in the Coliseum?