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- DictionaryCa·dence/ˈkādns/
noun
- 1. a modulation or inflection of the voice: "his measured cadences never convey the character's underlying passion"
- 2. a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase: "the final cadences of the Prelude"
cadence: [noun] a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language. the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity.
This sense of cadence (broadly covered by sense 1b of the definition, "the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity") is also used of the pace of runners and swimmers: … the swimmer’s arms lift and glide under the surface in a reliable metronomic cadence … — Diana Nyad, Sports Illustrated, 2 Nov. 2015
Cadence definition: rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words. See examples of CADENCE used in a sentence.
CADENCE definition: 1. the regular rise and fall of the voice: 2. a set of chords (= different notes played together…. Learn more.
CADENCE meaning: 1. the regular rise and fall of the voice: 2. a set of chords (= different notes played together…. Learn more.
< French cadence, < Italian cadenza ‘falling, cadence in music’, on Latin type cadentia, noun, < cadent-present participle of cadĕre to fall. The literal sense is ‘action or mode of falling, fall’, and in this sense it was used by 17th cent. writers; but at an early period the word was in Italian appropriated to the musical or ...
The word cadence has its own lovely cadence — rhythm of sound as it's spoken.
5 meanings: 1. the beat or measure of something rhythmic 2. a fall in the pitch of the voice, as at the end of a sentence 3..... Click for more definitions.
Jun 8, 2024 · From Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... and golden cadence of poesy, caret. 1991 December 2, “At the Saudi-Kuwaiti Border”, in ABC Nightline: Night has now passed in the Saudi desert and as we hear from Nightline correspondent Forrest Sawyer, the normal cadence of life at the front is about to change.
Definition of cadence noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
