rhythm

A2 Topic:Language & Linguistics

US /ˈɹɪð.m̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #4820

Meanings

1

noun
A regular pattern of strong and weak sounds or beats in music or speech.

Dance to the rhythm of the music.
2

noun
A regular, repeated pattern of events or movements.

Once you get the rhythm of it, the job becomes easy.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a regular pattern of strong... beat

More meter metre prosody

Word family

Forms rhythms

Derived forms biorhythmcounterrhythmcross-rhythmdysrhythmiahomorhythmisorhythmmicrorhythmplagiarhythmpoly-rhythmpolyrhythmrhythmalrhythmed

Related forms rhythmicityrhythmicsrhythmistrhythmize

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Phrases (4)

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circadian rhythm
a repeating biological pattern that follows roughly a twenty-four-hour cycle

Adjective + noun
gallop rhythm
a heart rhythm containing an additional sound that resembles a galloping beat

Noun + noun
quadruple rhythm
a musical rhythm organized into four beats per measure

Adjective + noun
theta rhythm
a relatively slow pattern of brainwave activity associated with states such as drowsiness

Noun + noun

Etymology

First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, run, stream, gush”).

*srew- Proto-Indo-European rhythmus Latin ῥυθμός Ancient Greek

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Language & Linguistics Music Theory Art & Music

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# rhythm

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɪð.m̩/
**Frequency rank:** 4820

## Meanings
1. A regular pattern of strong and weak sounds or beats in music or speech.
2. A regular, repeated pattern of events or movements.

## Examples
- Dance to the rhythm of the music.
- Once you get the rhythm of it, the job becomes easy.

## Synonyms
- meter
- metre
- prosody

## Derived Forms
- biorhythm
- counterrhythm
- cross-rhythm
- dysrhythmia
- homorhythm
- isorhythm
- microrhythm
- plagiarhythm
- poly-rhythm
- polyrhythm
- rhythmal
- rhythmed

## Related Forms
- rhythmicity
- rhythmics
- rhythmist
- rhythmize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *srew-
- Root: rhythmus
- Root: ῥυθμός

## Etymology
First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, run, stream, gush”).

## AI Etymology
Rhythm first coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, run, stream, gush”). Modern senses include a regular pattern of strong and weak sounds or beats in music or speech. and a regular, repeated pattern of events or movements.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as biorhythm, counterrhythm, cross-rhythm, dysrhythmia, homorhythm, and isorhythm and related forms such as rhythmicity, rhythmics, rhythmist, and rhythmize.

## Topics
- Language & Linguistics
- Music Theory
- Art & Music

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