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Definition beat in American English

beat noun

[countable] noun
/bit/
1

one of the regular sounds or movements of your heart

Example

a heart rate of 65 beats a minute

Example

Her heart seemed to miss a beat.

Synonyms and related words
A ABO system anticoagulant
1.1

the series of regular sounds or movements as your heart pumps blood around your body

Example

I could feel the beat of his heart.

Synonyms and related words
A ABO system anticoagulant
2

the main pattern of sounds in a piece of music, or the strongest sounds in this pattern

Example

I'd like you to tap out the beat on the table.

Example

music with a slow pulsating beat

Synonyms and related words
A b bass
2.1

a single regular sound or a series of regular sounds, especially of two things hitting together

Example

the sound of a single drum beat

Example

the beat of horses' hooves

Synonyms and related words
beat bump chink
2.2

a unit of measurement for a piece of music. Each measure has a particular number of beats

Example

A waltz has three beats in each measure.

Synonyms and related words
A b bass
3

an area that a police officer has responsibility for and must walk around regularly

Example

The two officers used to walk the beat together.

Example

We intend to increase the number of police on the beat.

Definition beat in American English

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