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Definition of chime verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chime verb  /tʃaɪm/  /tʃaɪm/[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they chime	/tʃaɪm/  /tʃaɪm/
he / she / it chimes	/tʃaɪmz/  /tʃaɪmz/
past simple chimed	/tʃaɪmd/  /tʃaɪmd/
past participle chimed	/tʃaɪmd/  /tʃaɪmd/
-ing form chiming	/ˈtʃaɪmɪŋ/  /ˈtʃaɪmɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs jump to other results

1. (of a bell or a clock) to ring; to show the time by making a ringing sound
   • I heard the clock chime.
   • Eight o'clock had already chimed.
   • chime something The clock chimed midday.
   Oxford Collocations DictionaryChime is used with these nouns as the subject:
   • bell
   • clock
   • doorbell
   • …
   See full entryWord OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘cymbal’ and ‘ring out’): probably from Old English cimbal (from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kumbalon, from kumbē ‘cup’), later interpreted as chime bell.

Phrasal Verbs

• chime in
• chime with

See chime in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: chime

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Phrasal verbs

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• chime (in) with something

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