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# metronome

noun (a metronome, metronomes)

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

## Everyday

A metronome is a device that ticks or clicks at a steady speed to help musicians keep time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in music lessons; also used to describe something very regular («ticking like a metronome»).

### Examples

- My piano teacher sets the metronome to 80 beats a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#x1)
- The metronome clicked steadily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#x2)
- Practise with a metronome to keep a steady beat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#x3)
- The old metronome has a swinging arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#x4)
- There is a metronome app on my phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#x5)
- His running steps were as regular as a metronome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metronome/#x6)

### Note

Plural: metronomes. Its speed is measured in beats per minute (bpm). In a maths problem, at 60 bpm the metronome clicks once each second.

## On Mova

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