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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/
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  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
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    Word 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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