Meaning

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  1. (uncountable)A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.

    The hymn “Amazing Grace” is in common meter.

More definitions
  • the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad

Synonyms

1 synonyms
common measure
Close in meaning
  • the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad:common measure

Word family

2 related words
Relatedlong metershort meter

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