chant
noun
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
will chant
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future tenseof chant.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Now, her daughter will chant “union power” from her car seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Buddhist monks have been chanting prayers beside his coffin in an imposing throne hall, and they will chant for 100 days as part of the funeral rites.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2016
Monks will chant and pour water into a ritual cup until it overflows.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2016
Sometimes the stadium will chant, ‘We want 11 Juanitos’ when the team is not doing well.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2012
The rustling leaves will read it aloud to me, the rushing stream will chant it, and the seven wise stars will sing it to me from the sky.
From Fruit-Gathering by Rabindranath Tagore
