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chime in en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To talk; to join in conversation or discussion.
   • We appreciate your input, so please don't hesitate to chime in with comments and questions.
   • Atherton chimed in. ‘To that I say, Amen!’ He lifted his hand. ‘God is my witness!’ 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
2. (idiomatic) To agree, to harmonize, to concord.
   • I was therefore obliged to chime in with her plan, which in truth seemed well arranged: […] 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk:
   • What I saw upon this cliff, although surely an object of very extraordinary nature, the place and season considered, at first neither startled nor amazed me—so thoroughly and appropriately did it chime in with the half-slumberous fancies that enwrapped me. 1843, E.A.Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon:

Forms

Translations (13)

pl wtrącić się (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · ru включаться (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · fa پابرهنه وسط بحث پریدن (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · ru присоединя́ться (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · pl przytakiwać (To agree, to harmonize, to concord) · fi puuttua puheeseen (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · pl dołączyć do rozmowy (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · pt contribuir (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · pl dołączać do rozmowy (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · pt adicionar (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · pl wtrącać się (To talk; to join in conversation or discussion) · ru соотве́тствовать (To agree, to harmonize, to concord) · pl przytaknąć (To agree, to harmonize, to concord)