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# heartbeat

noun (heartbeat, heartbeats)

«heartbeat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A heartbeat is one beat of the heart as it pumps blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#m1)
2. Your heartbeat is the steady sound or rhythm of your heart beating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#m2)
3. «In a heartbeat» means very quickly, without stopping to think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and PE lessons pupils find their pulse on the wrist or neck, count heartbeats for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to get beats per minute; exercise makes the heartbeat faster. A doctor listens to a heartbeat with a stethoscope. Phrases: count your heartbeat, fast heartbeat, in a heartbeat.

### Examples

- I could feel my heartbeat after the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#x1)
- The doctor listened to my heartbeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#x2)
- Count your heartbeats for one minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#x3)
- Exercise makes your heartbeat faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#x4)
- A baby's heartbeat is faster than an adult's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#x5)
- I'd say yes in a heartbeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/#x6)

### Note

Countable noun; one word: heart + beat. Maths: a child's resting heartbeat is about 70–100 beats per minute; 20 beats in 15 seconds = 80 per minute. The pulse you feel at the wrist is each heartbeat pushing blood.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heartbeat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbeat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heartbeat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heartbeat.html) on Mova free.