modulate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb change the key of, in music
  2. verb vary the pitch of one's speech
  3. verb fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

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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