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ca·dence
 cadence
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- pronunciation:
- keI
d
 ns
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a rhythmic pattern of movement, as in music or poetry.
The French language has a beautiful cadence.- synonyms:
- beat, lilt, rhythm
- similar words:
- accent, flow, measure, meter, pack, pulsation, pulse, swing
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| definition 2: |
the beat or count of such a pattern, as in marching.
They danced in perfect cadence.- synonyms:
- beat, pulse, rhythm
- similar words:
- accent, count, march, measure, meter, pace, tempo
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| related words: |
beat, tempo, tone |
adjective + (n.)cadence
biblical,
cast,
comfortable,
consistent,
decreased,
deliberate,
familiar,
faster,
final,
gentle,
harmonic,
hypnotic,
increasing,
irregular,
lilting,
low,
marching,
martial,
mean,
measured,
melodic,
musical,
normal,
particular,
pedaling,
rapid,
rapid-fire,
registered,
regular,
rhythmic,
rolling,
slow,
slower,
soft,
soothing,
southern,
steady,
strange,
thick
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verb + (n.)cadence
beat, cast, chant, climb, count, echo, employ, interrupt, maintain, march, master, match, pedal, prefer, repeat, ride, sing, spin, tap
(n.)cadence
+ verb
alter, cease, evoke, slow, sound, step, stride
noun + (n.)cadence
climbing,
distance,
drum,
flow,
foot,
gear,
harmony,
interval,
minute,
modulation,
pace,
pedal,
phrase,
preacher,
quarterback,
rhythm,
singsong,
stride,
stroke,
tone,
trademark,
walking
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cadences, cadencing, cadenced |
| definition: |
to give a rhythm to.
He carefully cadences his speeches.- similar words:
- flow, measure, pace, swing
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| derivations: |
cadential (adj.), cadency (n.) |
The word cadence
contains the following parts:
cad, cas, cid2
Latin
root
that means to fall
  Example words:
accident, accidental, cadaver, cadaverous, cadence, cascade, casualty, coincide, coincidence, decadent, deciduous, incidence, incident, incidental, occasion, occidental, recidivism
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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