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modulate

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/
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/ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt/ · /ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌleɪt/ · /ˈmɑ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/ · /ˈmɑ.djuˌleɪt/ · /ˈmɒd͡ʒɪˌleɪt/ · /ˈmɔd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/ · /ˈmɒd͡ʒəˌlæɪt/

Definition of modulate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To regulate, adjust or adapt.
    “"Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To regulate, adjust or adapt.
    “"Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.”
  2. (transitive)To regulate, adjust or adapt.
  3. (intransitive, transitive)To regulate, adjust or adapt.

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Etymology

From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”). Compare module, modulus. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.

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