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| rhythm [ ríəm ] (plural rhythms) |
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1. pattern of beats in music: the regular pattern of beats and emphasis in a piece of music
  The audience clapped in rhythm as we sang.
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2. particular music pattern: a pattern of beats in a piece or a particular kind of music
boogie-woogie rhythm
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3. pattern of stress in poetry: in poetry, the pattern formed by stressed and unstressed syllables
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4. particular poetry pattern: a pattern of stress in a poem or a particular kind of poetry
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5. regular pattern: a regularly recurring pattern of activity, e.g. the cycle of the seasons, night and day, or repeated functions of the body
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6. characteristic pattern: the characteristic pattern of an activity
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7. arts pattern in art: a pattern suggesting movement or pace in something such as a work of art
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8. language sound pattern: the pattern of sound that characterizes a language, dialect, or accent
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9. movies literature pattern from repetition: a mood or effect in a book, play, or movie created from repetition
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| [Mid-16th century. Via Latin rhythmus< Greek rhuthmos< Indo-European, "to flow"] |
