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| Main Entry: | tempo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, rhythm |
| Synonyms: | bounce, cadence, downbeat, measure, meter, momentum, pace, pulse, rate, speed, time, velocity |
| Main Entry: | cadence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rhythm |
| Synonyms: | accent, beat, count, inflection, intonation, lilt, measure, meter, modulation, pulse, swing, tempo, throb, rhythmus |
| Main Entry: | rhythm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, accent of sound, music |
| Synonyms: | bounce, cadence, downbeat, flow, lilt, measure, meter, movement, pattern, pulse, regularity, rhyme, swing, tempo, time, uniformity, cadency, metre, periodicity, rise and fall |
| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving back and forth |
| Synonyms: | beat, cadence, fluctuation, lilt, measure, meter, motion, oscillation, rhythm, stroke, sway, tempo, undulation, vibration, cadency, swaying |
| Main Entry: | velocity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed |
| Synonyms: | acceleration, celerity, dispatch, expedition, gait, haste, headway, hurry, impetus, momentum, pace, quickness, rapidity, rate, swiftness, tempo, fleetness, rapidness |
| Notes: | speed is the distance an object travels during a unit of time; velocity is the distance an object travels in a specified direction during a unit of time |
| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporal length of event or entity's existence, period |
| Synonyms: | age, allotment, bit, bout, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go*, infinity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, life, life span, lifetime, moment, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, while, chronology, hour, lastingness, many a moon, month, week, year |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speed, pace |
| Synonyms: | clip, dash, flow, gait, gallop, hop, measure, motion, movement, pace, spurt, tempo, time, tread, velocity |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beat, rhythm |
| Synonyms: | accent, cadence, division, melody, meter, rhyme, step, stress, stroke, swing, tempo, throb, time, tune, verse, vibration, cadency |
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