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Beat



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1 English
2 Volapük

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /biːt/
  • SAMPA: /bi:t/

Homophones

Noun

beat

  1. a pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece. (DeLone et. al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 3)
  2. a rhythm

Related terms

  • drumbeat
  • heartbeat

Verb

to beat (beat, beaten / beat)

  1. to hit, to knock
  2. to defeat

Related terms

  • beat up

Translations

Verb

beat past tense of to beat

  1. hit, knocked

Translations

  • Dutch: sloeg, klopte
  • Swedish: slog

Verb

beat past participle of to beat

  1. hit, knocked

Synonyms

Translations

  • Dutch: geslagen, geklopt
  • French: battu
  • Swedish: slagit

Related terms

  • beater
  • deadbeat
  • the beat generation

References

  • DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.

Volapük

Noun

beat

  1. happiness



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