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Meaning of "worldbeat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORLDBEAT

worldbeat  [ˈwɜːldˌbiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORLDBEAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Worldbeat 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 WORLDBEAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Worldbeat

Worldbeat is a music genre that blends Western pop music or rock music with traditional, folk or world music influences. Worldbeat is similar to other cross pollination labels of contemporary and roots genres, and which suggest a rhythmic, harmonic or textural contrast between its modern and ethnic elements.

Definition of worldbeat in the English dictionary

The definition of worldbeat in the dictionary is a type of music combining folk music with western mainstream influences.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORLDBEAT


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
onbeat
ˈɒnˌbiːt
Ruhrgebiet
ˈruːrɡəˌbiːt
sunbeat
ˈsʌnˌbiːt
swingbeat
ˈswɪŋˌbiːt
upbeat
ˈʌpˌbiːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORLDBEAT

world-beater
world-beating
world-class
world-famous
world-line
world-shaking
world-view
world-weariness
world-weary
World´s Series
worlded
worldlier
worldliest
worldliness
worldling
worldly
worldly goods
worldly wisdom
worldly-minded
worldly-wise

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORLDBEAT

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 worldbeat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «worldbeat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORLDBEAT

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

Translator English - Chinese

worldbeat
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

worldbeat
570 millions of speakers

English

worldbeat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

worldbeat
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

worldbeat
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Worldbeat
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

worldbeat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওয়ার্ল্ডবিট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musiques du monde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Worldbeat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

worldbeat
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

월드 비트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Donya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Worldbeat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேர்ல்டுபீட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्ल्डबीट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

worldbeat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

worldbeat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

worldbeat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Worldbeat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

worldbeat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

worldbeat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

worldbeat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

worldbeat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

worldbeat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of worldbeat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLDBEAT»

The term «worldbeat» is regularly used and occupies the 64.802 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLDBEAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «worldbeat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «worldbeat» 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 worldbeat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLDBEAT»

Discover the use of worldbeat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to worldbeat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Worldbeat: Current Readings for ESL Students
And the more interesting and relevant a text is, the more they'll be motivated to read! This is the simple premise taken by the authors of this upbeat, exciting reader that presents lively, contemporary topics in a variety of formats.
Laurie Blass, Meredith Pike-Baky, 1991
2
Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's ...
Salient. Characteristics. OF. WORLDBEAT. FUSIONS. Combination of local musics with popular genres. •. Local musicians often use worldbeat to make statements about their identity in the context of global media.
Jeff Titon, Timothy Cooley, David Locke, 2009
3
Urban Grooves: The Performance of Politics in Zimbabwe's Hip ...
From Brennan I propose to advance a model where worldbeat is democratized into a fluid category whose referent depends on a speaker's locus standi. In this idealistic democratized global world, what is worldbeat in Zimbabwe is different ...
Wonderful G. Bere, 2007
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Articles on World Music Genres, Including: Worldbeat, List ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
5
Fun-Da-Mental: Indian Music, Afro- Caribbean Music, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fun-Da-Mental is a multi-ethnic, British, world fusion and ethno techno band formed in 1991.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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The Church Made Strange for the Nations: Essays in ...
In seeking to resist a ruthless reducing of all the world's musics to much the same sound,44 the discourse around “worldbeat” (a fusion of folk music traditions with Western rock and pop) locates risks of commodification, as ostensibly ...
Paul G. Doerksen, Karl Koop, 2011
7
Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire: Nazarite ...
That walk is believed to help individuals gain entrance into heaven. Nazarite Cassette Production and the Problem of Nathoya Mbatha's Recording Much of the contemporary worldbeat/world music literature centers on a critical reading of the ...
Carol Ann Muller, 1999
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Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History
... as indigenous Shona drumming and mbira music with political lyrics during the War of Liberation of the 1970s. By the mid-1980sa newmarketcategory for selling music from. Third. World. countries wasemerging. ¥®worldbeat ̄. and, later, ...
Dickson Eyoh, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, 2005
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Making Music in the Polish Tatras: Tourists, Ethnographers, ...
Worldbeat. The 1992 cassette releases and the subsequent 1995 stage performances by Twinkle and Tutki are not the end of the story. The Trebunia- Tutka Go ́rale family members continue to use their experiences with distant musics to move ...
Timothy J. Cooley, 2005
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New York Magazine
WORLDBEAT. J. A. t. r. H. G. E. Enjoy jazz and cocktails in the Frank Lloyd Wright Rotunda, Friday and Saturday nights 5-8pm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fifth Avenue (at 88th Street). Information: 212 423-3500 partment PARTMENT ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLDBEAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term worldbeat is used in the context of the following news items.
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Choirs band together for WorldBeat festival
Mother and daughter, Sarona (right) and Maderi Mynhardt, at home in South Surrey on a break from planning WorldBeat 2015, a choir festival set to take place ... «Peace Arch News, Apr 15»
2
Gotye drums out worldbeat at Tuscaloosa Amphitheater (photos)
But could he possibly have a better shot at bringing attention to the worldbeat genre than either Peter Gabriel or David Byrne -- at this point in time -- with the set ... «The Birmingham News - al.com, Oct 12»

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