cadence
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ns noun Also, cadency.
1.
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
2.
(in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured.
4.
the flow or rhythm of events, especially the pattern in which something is experienced: the frenetic cadence of modern life.
5.
a slight falling in pitch of the voice in speaking or reading, as at the end of a declarative sentence.
verb (used with object)
8.
to make rhythmical.
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Synonyms
3. tempo, pulse, rhythm, meter.
3. tempo, pulse, rhythm, meter.
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cadence or cadency (ˈkeɪdəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -dences, -dencies | |
| 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. | modulation of the voice; intonation |
| 4. | a rhythm or rhythmic construction in verse or prose; measure |
| 5. | the close of a musical phrase or section |
| [C14: from Old French, from Old Italian cadenza, literally: a falling, from Latin cadere to fall] | |
| cadency or cadency | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French, from Old Italian cadenza, literally: a falling, from Latin cadere to fall] | |
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Word Origin & History
cadence
late 14c., "flow of rhythm in verse or music," from M.Fr. cadence, O.It. cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music," lit. "a falling," from V.L. *cadentia, from L. neut. pl. of cadens (gen. cadentis), prp. of cadere "to fall" (see case (1)). In 16c., sometimes used literally
for "an act of falling."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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cadence
in music, the ending of a phrase, perceived as a rhythmic or melodic articulation or a harmonic change or all of these; in a larger sense, a cadence may be a demarcation of a half-phrase, of a section of music, or of an entire movement
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Example sentences
If you get the cadence or the pitch wrong, an entire generation cringes.
His last two sentences drip of evil irony and a neo-imperialist cadence.
Truth is, he's got a weird cadence that I never really captured.
First, that language differs from one era to the next: archaism intrudes, if only in punctuation and cadence.
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