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rhythm

Syllabification: (rhythm)
Pronunciation: /ˈriT͟Həm/

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Definition of rhythm

noun

  • a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound:Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing
  • the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress.
  • a particular type of pattern formed by rhythm:guitar melodies with deep African rhythms
  • a person’s natural feeling for rhythm:they’ve got no rhythm
  • the measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables.
  • a regularly recurring sequence of events, actions, or processes:the twice daily rhythms of the tides
  • Art a harmonious sequence or correlation of colors or elements.

Derivatives

rhythmless

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century (also originally in the sense 'rhyme'): from French rhythme, or via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein 'to flow')

Remember that rhythm is spelled with rhy- at the beginning, then -thm. rhythm really has your two hips moving.

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