rhythm
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- noun
- /ˈrɪðəm/
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- Move with the rhythm of music.
- pitch and rhythm
- beat and rhythm
- music and rhythm
The rest of us like rhythm and predictability.
- The rest of us like rhythm and predictability.
- As soon as I'm not playing rhythm, yeah, I struggle.
- I can, I can hear the rhythm of that particular age.
- I feel like I am in a good rhythm, a good routine.
- Now there's many variations of rhythm changes in oleo.
- And so like, you know, there's a rhythm to that, right?
- They're connected to the rhythms of the cosmos.
- I come from a musical family and rhythm is music, you know, timing.
- To sort of please someone by going with their rhythm, their pace, what they want.
Examples
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There is considerable agreement among music teachers about the value of rhythm syllables for teaching rhythm.
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More important, one's sense of rhythm and metric cycle is enhanced to a level of mastery.
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It's basically the rhythm of sun and night.
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My body following that rhythm makes me happy.
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And I think there is something to the rhythm of writing.
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Just listen to the rhythm of my heart
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I feel like I am in a good rhythm, a good routine.
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As the class continues, students compose and perform their own rhythm sequences in small groups.
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Both of these systems are based on the rhythm's relation to the meter.
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The dancers moved gracefully with the rhythm of the music.
Synonyms
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1.0
A regular rhythm like the sound in music or a heartbeat
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6.0
A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem or song
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A regular pattern of sounds like speech or marching
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A regular pattern of strong and weak syllables in a poem
A regular pattern of beats in a song or dance that gives music its timing
A steady beat in music you can feel in your body or emotions
A steady beat musicians follow to keep notes and players together
A steady beat that gives the basic timing in music or poems
A regular rhythm that repeats in music, speech, or movement
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A daily cycle inside the body that controls sleep and other body changes
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5.6
A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's most fertile days
- Literature
A steady three-beat pattern like a horse's gallop used in music or dance
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A pattern of brain waves at eight to twelve times per second in people who are awake but relaxed
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A heart rhythm when a small part in the lower heart makes the heartbeat instead of the normal upper part
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A pattern of notes where each note has a set length based on a beat, without regular strong beats
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A regular pattern of beats in a song or dance that gives music its timing
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A heart rhythm when a lower part of the heart makes the heartbeat instead of the usual upper part
- Literature
A pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem that makes it sound musical
- Literature
A poetic rhythm that copies the natural way people speak, with different numbers of weak syllables between strong ones
How Rhythmic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rhythm comes from the old Greek word rhythmos, which means 'measured flow' or 'movement'. Think of a steady beat like the flow of water or a heartbeat; that's why rhythm is a regular, repeating pattern in music and dance.