Rhythm - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈrɪðəm|  American pronunciation of the word rhythm
Brit.  |ˈrɪð(ə)m|  British pronunciation of the word rhythm

noun

- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (syn: beat)
the piece has a fast rhythm
- recurring at regular intervals
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (syn: cycle, round)
- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
the rhythm of Frost's poetry
- natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

Extra examples

She enjoyed the rhythms of country life.

Travel can disrupt your body's daily rhythm.

Drums are basic to African rhythm.

She started moving to the rhythm of the music.

Jim liked the rhythm of agricultural life.

She has an innate sense of rhythm.

The song had a punchy, percussive rhythm.

The rhythm should fit with the meaning of a poem.

Every dance has its own rhythm.

I love his use of rhyme and rhythm.

He whistled the tune and tapped out the rhythm.

The artistic figure has symmetry, and the artistic rhythm has eurhythmy.

Word forms

noun
singular: rhythm
plural: rhythms
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