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I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.
Marian Keyes

Meaning of "downbeat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWNBEAT

downbeat  [ˈdaʊnˌbiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWNBEAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Downbeat can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOWNBEAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of downbeat in the English dictionary

The definition of downbeat in the dictionary is depressed; gloomy. Other definition of downbeat is relaxed; unemphatic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWNBEAT


analphabete
ænˈælfəˌbiːt
backbeat
ˈbækˌbiːt
beat
biːt
beet
biːt
bluebeat
ˈbluːˌbiːt
breakbeat
ˈbreɪkˌbiːt
browbeat
ˈbraʊˌbiːt
deadbeat
ˈdɛdˌbiːt
drumbeat
ˈdrʌmˌbiːt
drybeat
ˈdraɪˌbiːt
heartbeat
ˈhɑːtˌbiːt
hoofbeat
ˈhuːfˌbiːt
newsbeat
ˈnjuːzˌbiːt
offbeat
ˈɒfˌbiːt
onbeat
ˈɒnˌbiːt
Ruhrgebiet
ˈruːrɡəˌbiːt
sunbeat
ˈsʌnˌbiːt
swingbeat
ˈswɪŋˌbiːt
upbeat
ˈʌpˌbiːt
worldbeat
ˈwɜːldˌbiːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWNBEAT

down-and-out
down-at-heel
down-bow
down-cycle
down-home
down-in-the-mouth
down-market
down-river
down-to-earth
Down´s syndrome
downburst
downcast
downcome
downcomer
downcourt
downcry
downdraught
downer
downfall
downfallen

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWNBEAT

big beat
Bo Diddley beat
cheat
dead beat
defeat
eat
feat
great
heat
in the driver´s seat
meat
Mersey beat
neat
pulsebeat
repeat
seat
sweat
threat
treat
wing beat

Synonyms and antonyms of downbeat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOWNBEAT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «downbeat» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of downbeat

Translation of «downbeat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWNBEAT

Find out the translation of downbeat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of downbeat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «downbeat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悲观
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pesimista
570 millions of speakers

English

downbeat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

downbeat
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متشائم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мрачный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

downbeat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৈরাশ্যবাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pessimiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketenangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Downbeat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強拍
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다운 비트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

u sầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டவுன்பீட்டிலும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खालच्या दिशेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kötümser
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

downbeat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stukania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похмурий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pesimiste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

downbeat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

downbeat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

downbeat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

downbeat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of downbeat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNBEAT»

The term «downbeat» is regularly used and occupies the 62.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNBEAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «downbeat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «downbeat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about downbeat

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QUOTES WITH «DOWNBEAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word downbeat.
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Marian Keyes
I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than write a downbeat ending.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWNBEAT»

Discover the use of downbeat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to downbeat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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DownBeat - The Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary ...
The history of DownBeat is the history of the last 75years,justtoldthroughthe lens of jazz and blues musicians as well as the journalists who coverthem. Racerelations, sexual equality, unionism, wars, recessions, birth, life, death, the triumph of ...
Frank Alkyer, 2009
2
Downbeat
Douglas Browning. whiz at the computer, which is no surprise these days. Who isn't? Let's see, what else?” “She sounds good, Carlyle, but I have to wonder. How could a young woman of such beauty wind up in Boy's Town? She sounds, you ...
Douglas Browning, 2011
3
Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology
8.15 Hereditary congenital downbeat nystagmus. Left: Photo of affected infant showing compensatory chin down position before the nystagmus resolved. Right: Photo of mother as an infant showing similar chin down position before the ...
Michael C. Brodsky, 2010
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Vertigo: Its Multisensory Syndromes
Downbeat and upbeat nystagmus are not merely ocular motor disorders, but central vestibular disorders that also affect orientation and balance. A tone imbalance in the pitch plane manifests as vertical upbeating or downbeating nystagmus, ...
Thomas Brandt, 2003
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Neuro-ophthalmology
PAN may coexist with downbeat nystagmus, which also suggests an abnormality in the same location. PAN has been described as secondary to phenytoin intoxication in a patient with alcoholic cerebellar degeneration."4 The antispasticity ...
Joel S. Glaser, 1999
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Neurology in Clinical Practice: Principles of diagnosis and ...
Downbeat nystagmus may be apparent only with changes in posture (positional downbeat nystagmus), particularly the ... that some cases of unexplained downbeat nystagmus are caused by radiographically occult infarctions (2001).
Walter George Bradley, 2004
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Clinical Pathways in Neuro-Ophthalmology: An Evidence-Based ...
Convergence may change nystagmus by converting downbeat to upbeat, upbeat to downbeat, or pendular to upbeat. Convergence-evoked nystagmus is usually vertical (upbeat is more common than downbeat) and seen most commonly with  ...
Andrew G. Lee, Paul W. Brazis, 2011
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Brilliant Corners: A Bio-discography of Thelonious Monk
20 NYC: Downbeat Club (CH6) 21 NYC: Downbeat Club (CH6) 22 NYC: Downbeat Club (CH6) 23 NYC: Downbeat Club (CH6) 24 NYC: Downbeat Club ( CH6) 25 NYC: Downbeat Club (CH6) 26 (Mon) Rest day 27 NYC: Downbeat Club ...
‎2001
9
Swimming Fastest
Swimmers use two basic leg movements, an upbeat and a downbeat, in each of these three strokes. The downbeat is the propulsive phase in the front crawl flutter and dolphin kicks. The upbeat is the propulsive phase of the backstroke flutter ...
Ernest W. Maglischo, 2003
10
Songs in Motion: Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied
The first few measures of the piano introduction are metrically fluid. One can hear them in 3/4 but they do not project the downbeat strongly. The voice and piano do project 3/4 clearly from m. 5, and a two-bar hypermeter soon becomes evident.
Yonatan Malin, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWNBEAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term downbeat is used in the context of the following news items.
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JGBs slump after downbeat 30-year sale
TOKYO, July 9 Japanese government bond prices fell on Thursday, after a sale of 30-year JGBs met with tepid demand. A modest uptick in risk ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
2
Forex - NZD/USD hits fresh 5-year lows on downbeat N.Z. data
Investing.com - The New Zealand dollar slid to fresh five-year lows against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday, after the release of downbeat ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
3
Summer League is Back, Baby - The Downbeat - #1673
That's pretty much as good as it gets for the return of the Rocky Mountain Revue Utah Jazz Summer League, isn't it? I'll admit, I'm nostalgic for ... «SLC Dunk, Jul 15»
4
Downbeat market sentiment in Malaysia seen to continue
BIMB Securities said foreign funds are “already packing their bags away” from the market, making current valuations “quite attractive”. Foreign ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
5
Canadian stock market inches higher amid downbeat trade data …
TORONTO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock market in Toronto stayed in the positive territory Tuesday with a tiny gain on the closing bell ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
6
Humana provides downbeat profit outlook ahead of discussion of …
Health insurer Humana Inc. HUM, +0.78% provided on Monday a profit outlook that was well below expectations, ahead of a conference call to ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
7
IMF downbeat on Myanmar economy
Myanmar is faced with economic downside risks which should be addressed to ensure a smooth growth path, says the International Monetary ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
8
Raikkonen and Vettel downbeat as Ferrari lags to third row at …
Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were far from happy following qualifying for the British Grand Prix on Saturday as they lagged to fifth and ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
9
JGBs firm in line with Treasuries after downbeat jobs report
TOKYO, July 3 Japanese government bond prices firmed on Friday, tracking firmer Treasuries after a disappointing U.S. employment report ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
The Seriously, They Made These Edition - The Downbeat - #1670
I had a conversation with Rodney Hood yesterday, and we tactically decided to stay out of the free agent wing market in a big way, if you will, ... «SLC Dunk, Jul 15»

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