modulate

Other forms of modulate

past tense

modulated·

present participle

modulating·

third person

modulates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about modulate

What does modulate mean?

modulate means "change the key of, in music". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in modulate?

modulate has 3 syllables: mo-du-late. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɔdʒjuleɪt/.

What is another word for modulate?

Close synonyms include tone, inflect, regulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is modulate a common word?

modulate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.