modulate

modulate is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
2. transitive verb. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.
3. intransitive verb. To pass from one key into another.
4. verb. vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
5. verb. adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
6. verb. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

   "regulate the temperature"

   "modulate the pitch"

   Synonyms: regulate

7. verb. vary the pitch of one's speech

   Synonyms: inflect, tone

8. verb. change the key of, in music

   "modulate the melody"

Synonyms

regulate, inflect, tone

Common word forms

modulated, modulates, modulating

Words from these letters

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