rhythm
part of speech
noun (a rhythm, rhythms; rhythm)
meaning for a pupil
1) Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of beats or sounds, as in music, poems or your heartbeat. tree →
2) A rhythm is a regular pattern in life or nature, like day and night or the seasons. tree →
sense in the lessons
In music lessons pupils clap rhythms and keep the beat. In poetry, rhythm is the pattern of strong and weak syllables. In science, the heart beats in a rhythm and the body has a daily rhythm of sleeping and waking. Phrases: «clap the rhythm», «a sense of rhythm», «in rhythm», «the rhythm of the seasons».
examples
- Clap the rhythm of the song with me. tree →
- The drummer kept a steady rhythm. tree →
- This poem has a bouncy rhythm. tree →
- The doctor listened to the rhythm of my heart. tree →
- Waves broke on the shore with a gentle rhythm. tree →
- Going to bed at the same time every night keeps your body's rhythm healthy. tree →
- Then the drumbeats subsided and faintly marked the rhythm of the singing. tree →
note
Spelling trap: r-h-y-t-h-m — no vowel letters except «y»; a memory trick: «Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move». Countable and uncountable. Adjective: «rhythmic».
In the corpora
- The rhythm section is the bass and drums together, which hold the beat; the bass plays the low notes.
- Switching to a new hobby after giving the old one a fair try is a sensible choice, and skills like rhythm carry over.
- Off with his head!»; to murder the time also means to sing it badly out of rhythm.
- Rhythm is the beat of a poem, and it can match the topic, like a fast beat for a rushing train.
- Free verse is poetry without regular rhyme; poems use line breaks, imagery and rhythm, not only rhyme.
Trees and pragmatics
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