rhythm

A2 Topic:Art & Music

US /ˈɹɪð.m̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #4820

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

More meter metre prosody

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Forms rhythms

Derived forms biorhythmcounterrhythmcross-rhythmdysrhythmiahomorhythmisorhythmmicrorhythmplagiarhythmpoly-rhythmpolyrhythmrhythmalrhythmed

Related forms rhythmicityrhythmicsrhythmistrhythmize

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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# 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
- Art & Music

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