rhythm

About 12.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

   Dance to the rhythm of the music.

2. noun A specifically defined pattern of such variation.

   Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry

3. noun A flow, repetition or regularity.

   Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.

4. noun The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.

   We walked with a quick, even rhythm.

5. noun The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.

   The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm

6. noun A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.

   The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife

7. noun Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.

   The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy

8. noun A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

   That girl's got rhythm, watch her dance!

Similar words

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Word family

rhythm section rhythms