Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

continually repeated

edit
Usage examples (37)
  • Background ostinato of the warring House Wren daddies.
  • Manchicourt sometimes treated the cantus firmus canonically and sometimes as an ostinato.
  • The jet engines on the suprafoils were revving up, filling the huge chamber with an ostinato thunder.
  • Two motets, Circumdederunt me and Si diligis me, are built on a cantus firmus; a few others are built on an ostinato with its own text.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.