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Meaning of "onbeat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONBEAT

onbeat  [ˈɒnˌbiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONBEAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Onbeat is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES ONBEAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of onbeat in the English dictionary

The definition of onbeat in the dictionary is the first and third beats in a bar of four-four time.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONBEAT


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONBEAT

on-the-job
on-the-job training
on-the-spot fine
onager
onagraceous
onagri
onanism
onanist
onanistic
Onassis
onboard
onboard computer
onboarding
ONC
once
once and away
once and for all
once bitten, twice shy
once in a blue moon
once in a while

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONBEAT

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 onbeat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «onbeat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONBEAT

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

Translator English - Chinese

节拍时
1,325 millions of speakers

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OnBeat
570 millions of speakers

English

onbeat
510 millions of speakers

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onbeat
380 millions of speakers
ar

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onbeat
280 millions of speakers

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OnBeat
278 millions of speakers

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OnBeat
270 millions of speakers

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onbeat
260 millions of speakers

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OnBeat
220 millions of speakers

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pada rentak
190 millions of speakers

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OnBeat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オンビート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

onbeat
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Onbeat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

onbeat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

onbeat
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बीट वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

OnBeat
70 millions of speakers

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OnBeat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

onbeat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

OnBeat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

onbeat
30 millions of speakers
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OnBeat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbeat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

OnBeat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

OnBeat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of onbeat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONBEAT»

The term «onbeat» is normally little used and occupies the 123.529 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONBEAT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONBEAT»

Discover the use of onbeat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onbeat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-baroque Music: With ...
Not only would an onbeat execution be impractical in the given rhythm pattern, it would destroy the identity of the mordent for the first two graces which would bear no resemblance to the third, unembellished one. Anticipatione della nota Ex.
Frederick Neumann, 1983
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The Cambridge Companion to Debussy
... of points remain to be made. Anyone who has ever accompanied these songs will know that, by and large, the piano part consists of 'onbeat' phrases filling one or two bars (I trust the epithets 'onbeat' and 'afterbeat' used from here on are ...
Simon Trezise, 2003
3
Music, Politics, and the Academy
If the half- note beat is taken as the pulse (or "beat") with a metronome marking of 80, then these displacements will be heard and understood as onbeat-offbeat contradictions. The initial offbeat alignment at No. 3 is contradicted by an onbeat  ...
Pieter C Van Den Toorn, 1995
4
Music and the Cognitive Sciences: Proceedings from the ...
At present, melodic viewpoints implemented are "onbeat notes", "onbeat-passing tones", "arpeggio", "upper-auxiliary", "lower-auxiliary" and "changing-notes". In effect, they correspond to possible harmonic reductions for that section of the ...
Stephen McAdams, Irène Deliège, 1989
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The Big Book of Jazz Guitar Improvisation
Starting on the offbeat creates syncopation, while starting on the onbeat can create a strong feeling of emphasis. Example 40 uses the I- vi— ii— V7 progression to demonstrate this idea. Once again, the improvisational material is Ionian.
Mark Dziuba, 2003
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I Used to Play Guitar
The Sixteenth-Note Strum Remember that when playing eighth notes we strum once (usually a downstroke) on the onbeat and once (usually an upstroke) on the offbeat. Sixteenth notes are twice as fast as eighth notes. This means that we ...
Jody Fisher, 2004
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Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and ...
From Siriman Kouyate ( 1989-per). offbeat offbeat onbeat onbeat Figure 8 Bala: theoretical possibilities of offbeat and onbeat phrasing. changes) on the first and third pulses of the odd-numbered beats. Transcription 16.5 shows similar ...
Eric S. Charry, 2000
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Performance practices of the seventeenth and eighteenth ...
Bovicelli in 1594 fills the interval of a rising fourth with both a prebeat and an onbeat slide, whereas for the descending leap both examples show the prebeat style (Ex. 25.8b). For starting a piece, his favorite design was an (onbeat) dactylic  ...
Frederick Neumann, Jane Stevens, 1993
9
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Cakewalk Sonar Plug-Ins & PC Music Recording, Arrangement, ...
_Basic4'4_(sync,bass_sust) [414, 16th, b&chord, <STANDARD>Ij — B21_Basic 4 '4_(triplets,onbeat) [414, BT, b&chord, <STANDARD: 1 j B26_Basic 4'4_(onbeat, shuff|e) [414, ST, b&chord, <STANDARD: 1 B43_Basic 4'4_(dbleT,triplets,stacc) ...
Roman Petelin, Yury Petelin, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONBEAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term onbeat is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is Beyoncé Actually More #Onbeat Than Other People? A Dance …
The meme #BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat began picking up steam over the past week, presumably as people started distractedly searching the Web ... «Slate Magazine, May 15»
2
JBL OnBeat Micro: iPhone speaker review
You might consider using the OnBeat Micro on a bedside cabinet. It will charge your phone overnight and you can route the phone's alarm ... «Scoop.co.nz, Feb 15»
3
JBL OnBeat
The JBL OnBeat is a small dock, but it can accommodate iPads as well as iPods and iPhones. With Apple's tablet attached, the footprint of the ... «TrustedReviews, Sep 14»
4
Music for outdoors: Strong Splash v Divoom Onbeat
The Onbeat-200 isn't splash or dust-proof, although the rubber design might survive some rough and tumble. It comes with a USB cable but ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 14»
5
JBL OnBeat Venue LT - Lightning dock and Bluetooth speaker for …
The JBL OnBeat Venue LT (the LT stands for Lightning) was one of the first speakers to sport Apple's new 8-pin Lightning dock. There are quite ... «Macworld UK, Jan 14»
6
Divoom Onbeat-200 – Make Your Mobile Audio Come Alive (Review)
When I say this is one of my favorite speakers, it's true and much of it has to do with the way that the Onbeat-200 is constructed. When viewed ... «Gstyle magazine, Dec 13»
7
Tech Review: Divoom OnBeat 500
The Divoom OnBeat 500 is literally a case of switch on, hook-up and play. When fully charged, you flick a switch and the lights on top flash until ... «So So Gay, Nov 13»
8
Divoom OnBeat 500 review
On the front of the OnBeat 500 is a grille with wave-like shapes that covers over the twin 2-inch satellite speakers and a built-in 3-inch mini sub. «Pocket-lint.com, Oct 13»
9
Hands on with OnBeat, the British headphones that can recharge …
OnBeat, an apps and hardware startup run by the Glasgow-based Andreson family, has devised a pair of headphones that can store enough ... «Stuff.tv, Oct 13»
10
Charge while you groove with OnBeat solar headphones
The rain-soaked streets of Glasgow have provided the unlikely backdrop for the development of the PV-packing OnBeat Solar Headphones. «Gizmag, Jul 13»

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