rhythm
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
“Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry”
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.”
Verb 1 meaning
To impart a (particular) rhythm to.
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”).
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RHYTHM at a glance
RHYTHM has 6 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (R 1 + H 4 + Y 4 + T 1 + H 4 + M 3) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,512 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with rhythm
All rhymes- ALGORITHM15
- LOGARITHM15
- BIORHYTHM22
- POLYRHYTHM26
- CRYPTARITHM23
- ANTILOGARITHM19
- COLOGARITHM19
- ISARITHM13
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