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Word: Rhythm
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (also originally in the sense ‘rhyme’): from French rhythme, or via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’)
ˈrɪð(ə)m
a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound
Short Definition:strong, regular repeated pattern of movement
Examples:- Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing
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
Short Definition:measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables
Examples:- the rhythm, pattern, and cadence of words
- limericks have a characteristic rhythm and rhyme scheme
a regularly recurring sequence of events or processes
Short Definition:regularly recurring sequence of events or processes
Examples:- the twice daily rhythms of the tides
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