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Rhythm Music ˈrɪðəm Steady I Jazz Play Regular

Word rhythm
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈrɪðəm / NAmE / ˈrɪðəm /
Example
  • to dance to the rhythm of the music
  • music with a fast/slow/steady rhythm
  • jazz rhythms
  • he can't seem to play in rhythm.
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rhythm

(noun)BrE / ˈrɪðəm / NAmE / ˈrɪðəm /
  1. a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements
    • to dance to the rhythm of the music
    • music with a fast/slow/steady rhythm
    • jazz rhythms
    • He can't seem to play in rhythm.
    • The boat rocked up and down in rhythm with the sea.
    • the rhythm of her breathing
    • abnormal heart rhythms
    • a dancer with a natural sense of rhythm (= the ability to move in time to a fixed beat)
  2. a regular pattern of changes or events
    • see also biorhythm
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/biorhythm
    • the rhythm of the seasons
    • biological/body rhythms
    • Lack of sleep can upset your daily rhythm.

    Extra Examples

    • Cleaning up the house in the morning fell into an easy rhythm.
    • He was snapping his fingers in rhythm.
    • Her feet made a steady rhythm as she walked.
    • Her feet made a steady rhythm on the pavement.
    • Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.
    • I found myself swaying to the rhythm of the music.
    • I like music with a good rhythm.
    • My body rhythms had not yet adapted to the ten-hour time difference.
    • She soon settled into a regular rhythm.
    • The movie follows the rhythms of a year on the farm.
    • There’s rhythm in her movements.
    • Try to disrupt your opponent’s rhythm.
    • Williams is having trouble finding her rhythm on the serve.
    • changes to our daily rhythms
    • part of the natural rhythm of life
    • the band’s rhythm section
    • the steady rhythm of his heartbeat
    • Doctors discovered that he had an abnormal heart rhythm.
    • He can’t seem to play in rhythm.
    • I listened to the steady rhythm of her breathing.
    • I love these jazz rhythms.
    • She has a natural sense of rhythm.
    • This piece of music has a very fast rhythm.

    Word Origin

    • mid 16th cent. (also originally in the sense ‘rhyme’): from French rhythme, or via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’).
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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