rhythm
/ˈɹɪð.əm/ noun A2- The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. · Dance to the rhythm of the music.· The audience clapped in rhythm as I sang.
- A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
- A flow, repetition or regularity. · Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.
- The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event. · We walked with a quick, even rhythm.
- The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble. · The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm
- A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process. · The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife
- Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates. · The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy
- A person's natural feeling for rhythm. · That girl's got rhythm, watch her dance!
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As its soft rhythm died away, Holmes set to work upon the lower door.
The rustle of the poplar leaves about the house worried her, it sounded so like pattering raindrops, and the full, faraway roar of the gulf, to which she listened delightedly at other times, loving its strange, sonorous, haunting rhythm, now seemed like a prophecy of storm and disaster to a small maiden who particularly wanted a fine day.
Musicians played trumpets, trombones, and drums with a very strong rhythm.
You can easily hear the wonderful, lively rhythm from several blocks away.
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