From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchimechime1 /tʃaɪm/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]SOUND if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ringing sound, especially to tell you what time it is The clock in the hall chimed six.2 [intransitive]SAME to be the same as something else or to have the same effectchime with Her views on life didn’t quite chime with mine. → chime in→ See Verb table
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chime• Across the valley, church bells were chiming.• St Clement's clock chimed half-past nine as he reached the beginning of Champney Road.• Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.• They join our line of thought, and soon are chiming in with what they think the author may have meant.• A clock chimed six.• I heard a clock chime softly in the next door room.• Wrong, wrong, wrong, chime the economists.• The great bells of the Immaculate Conception chimed the hour.• Inside the business school chimed the melody that meant the change of lessons.• Church bells throughout France chimed to mark the occasion.• This last letter did not chime with the rest.chime with• Her views on art chime with my own.chimechime2 noun 1 SOUND[countable] a ringing sound made by a bell or clock2 → chimesExamples from the Corpus
chime• The shop door opened with a chime.• Past the pub, and the noise of laughter and the music of a jukebox and the bell chime of gaming machines.• Still Ralph heard every word of every speech as though it were the crystalline note of an ice chime.• To be part of that melody of infinite chimes of light!• The thoughts of solitude are heard in solitude, and have an inward chime that public thoughts must lack.• There was a whirring sound, then the clock's chime marked a quarter to midnight.• Application Tell the students that chimes can be made by using a metal spoon instead of a coat hanger.• the chime of the doorbell• The chimes reverberated through the silent building.Origin chime2 (1200-1300) Old French chimbe “cymbal”, from Latin cymbalum; → CYMBAL 