rhythm

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
  2. noun recurring at regular intervals
  3. noun an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

Etymology

First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, run, stream, gush”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

beat, musical rhythm

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