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Definition: Syncopation |
SyncopationNoun1. The loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle'). 2. A musical rhythm accenting a weak beat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "syncopation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
Synonym: SyncopationSynonym: syncope (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Syncopation is a rhythm that exists just before or just after the meter count. The dictionary defines syncopate as: "...change a regular rhythm by beginning a note on an unaccented beat and holding it into an accented one or beginning it midway through a beat and continuing it midway into the next one".
Syncopation is used on occasion in many music styles, including classical music, but is is a fundamental constant presence in such styles as ragtime and jazz.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Syncopation."
Crosswords: Syncopation |
| English words defined with "syncopation": Legatura ♦ syncopate. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Syncopation (1942) Sirens of Syncopation (1935) Syncopation (1929) | |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Minor funky piece using lots of syncopation. |
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| "Syncopation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Syncopation" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
syncopation | 16 |
dynamic syncopation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "syncopation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sinkopë (syncope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقطع مؤخر النبر, تأخير النبرة الموسيقية, اختصار الحروف. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | синкопиране, синкоп (syncope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | synkopa (syncope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | همبرش (Syncope), کوتاه سازی واژه , اهنگ بین دوضرب , رقص یااهنگ سبک وبدون ضرب . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syncope (syncope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Synkopierung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγκοπή (heart failure, syncope), μουσική συγκοπή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שמטת אותיות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szinkopálás, szinkópa (snap, syncope), hangugratás (syncope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sincope (syncope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | シンクロ納入 (Cincinatti, Cinderella, Cinderella boy, Cinderella complex, cymbals, one-base hit, one-handed catch, scintigram, scintillation camera, single, single bed, single cut, single match, single mother, single player, single-breasted suit, singles, sympathetic, sympathizer, sympathy, synchronous supply, syndicate, syndicate loan, syndrome, syntax, synthesizer, thinner), 切分法 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せつぶ"ほう, シンコペーション . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yncopationsay sincopação. (various references) синкопа (syncope). (various references) skraćivanje (condensation, contraction, reduction, shortening, trimming). (various references) síncopa (syncope). (various references) synkopering. (various references) การลั"จังหวะ"นตรี. (various references) senkop (syncope), ritmin birden değişmesi, orta hecesi düşmüş sözcük, içses düşmesi, hece yutumu. (various references) синкопа. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "syncopation": syncopations. (additional references) | |
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"Syncopation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: synchopation, syncopattio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "syncopation" (pronounced si"ngkupā'shun) |
| 4 | -ā' sh u n | alliteration, alternation, brutalization, circulation, conceptualization, decimation, deterioration, excoriation, homogenization, incineration, oversimplification, reeducation, reintegration, substation, workstation. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, 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competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, 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stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-n-o-o-p-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: conations. | |
-3 letters: actinons, canonist, captions, conation, contains, instancy, pactions, pintanos, sanction, scotopia, sonantic, synaptic, synoptic, syntonic. | |
-4 letters: actinon, actions, anoints, atonics, cantons, canyons, caption, cations, catnips, contain, copyist, cyanins, incants, isotopy, nations, nonpast, nonstop, notions, onanist, opacity, opsonic, opsonin, options, paction, pintano, pinyons, pocosin, pontons, potions, psoatic, saponin, stannic, syconia, tycoons. | |
-5 letters: actins, action. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-n-o-o-p-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: monosynaptic, syncopations. | |
+5 letters: monosynaptically, polycondensation. | |
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