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# rhythm

noun (a rhythm, rhythms; rhythm)

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

## Everyday

1. Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of beats or sounds, as in music, poems or your heartbeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#m1)
2. A rhythm is a regular pattern in life or nature, like day and night or the seasons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#m2)

### In the lessons

In music lessons pupils clap rhythms and keep the beat. In poetry, rhythm is the pattern of strong and weak syllables. In science, the heart beats in a rhythm and the body has a daily rhythm of sleeping and waking. Phrases: «clap the rhythm», «a sense of rhythm», «in rhythm», «the rhythm of the seasons».

### Examples

- Clap the rhythm of the song with me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x1)
- The drummer kept a steady rhythm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x2)
- This poem has a bouncy rhythm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x3)
- The doctor listened to the rhythm of my heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x4)
- Waves broke on the shore with a gentle rhythm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x5)
- Going to bed at the same time every night keeps your body's rhythm healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x6)
- Then the drumbeats subsided and faintly marked the rhythm of the singing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhythm/#x7)

### Note

Spelling trap: r-h-y-t-h-m — no vowel letters except «y»; a memory trick: «Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move». Countable and uncountable. Adjective: «rhythmic».

## On Mova

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