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rhythm
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- pronunciation:
- rI
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When a noise repeats many times in a regular way, we say that it makes a rhythm. A drum is an instrument that people often use to make rhythm in music.
The children sang a song and the parents clapped their hands to the rhythm.Claire has a poem about a train. The rhythm of the poem gives the feeling that the train is moving along a track.- synonyms:
- beat, time
- similar words:
- count, pace, swing
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| definition 2: |
A rhythm is a particular pattern of beats in music.
A waltz rhythm goes 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3 over and over.- synonyms:
- beat
- similar words:
- count, pace, tempo, time
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| related words: |
music, tempo |
| derivation: |
rhythmless (adj.) |
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