modulate

Verb

Verb Forms: modulated, modulating, modulates

To adjust or regulate to a particular measure or proportion.
change the key of, in music
- "modulate the melody"
vary the pitch of one's speech
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- "modulate the pitch"
adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
To regulate, adjust or adapt
To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
To regulate, adjust or adapt
to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)
To regulate, adjust or adapt
to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression

Examples

He needed to MODULATE his aggression, playing defensively until a big word appeared.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin modulor (“to measure, regulate, modulate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from modulus (“measure”); see modulus. Compare module. By surface analysis, modul(e) + -ate.

Synonyms

inflect, regulate, tone

Scrabble Score: 11

modulate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
modulate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
modulate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

modulate: valid Words With Friends Word