rhythm
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhythm in British English:
UK [ˈrɪðəm]
How to pronounce rhythm in American English:
US [ˈrɪðəm]
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- Noun:
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- recurring at regular intervals
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
- natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
Word Origin
- rhythm
- rhythm: [16] Rhythm goes back ultimately to Greek rhuthmós. This originally meant ‘recurring motion’, and was related to the verb rhein ‘flow’ (source of English catarrh and diarrhoea). It was subsequently applied to ‘recurrent accents in verse’, in which sense it passed into English via Latin rhythmus. (Later Old French alteration of the word led to English rhyme.)=> catarrh, diarrhoea, rheumatic, rhyme
- rhythm (n.)
- 1550s, "rhymed verse, metrical movement," from Latin rhythmus "movement in time," from Greek rhythmos "measured flow or movement, rhythm; proportion, symmetry; arrangement, order; form, shape, wise, manner; soul, disposition," related to rhein "to flow," from PIE root *sreu- "to flow" (see rheum). Rhythm method of birth control attested from 1936. Rhythm and blues, U.S. music style, is from 1949 (first in "Billboard").
Example
- 1. Dokeep in mind your own work rhythm .
- 2. Rhythm in interior design also may be used to reduce randomness .
- 3. Wade and james didn 't take long to regain their rhythm .
- 4. The music brought a lift and subtle rhythm to their movements .
- 5. Control the rhythm and pace of your movements and linger in the entrance .