Meaning

5 senses
  1. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.

    The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain.

    He alone gives me such heartbeats.

    Herzschlag

    бие́ние се́рдцаbijénije sérdca, сердцебие́ниеserdcebijénije, пульсpulʹs

    серцебиття́sercebyttjá, пульсpulʹs

  2. The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.

    If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!

    сердцебие́ниеserdcebijénije, пульсpulʹs, ритмritm

    серцебиття́sercebyttjá

  3. A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.

    Music is the heartbeat of the people.

    an animating or vital unifying force

  4. A very short space of time; an instant.

    The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat.

    мгнове́ниеmgnovénije

    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

  5. A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.

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  2. I need you like a heartbeat.

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  3. He has five heartbeats per minute.

    deEr hat fünf Herzschläge pro Minute.

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  4. The doctor monitored the patient's heartbeat and blood pressure.

    deDer Arzt überwacht den Herzschlag und den Blutdruck des Patienten.

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  5. Layla's medication was essential to maintain a steady heartbeat.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one pulsation of the heart:
Русский
By meaning 3
one pulsation of the heart:
the rhythm at which a heart pulsates:
an instant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one pulsation of the heart:

Origin

From heart + beat.

From heart + beat.

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Forms

plural: heartbeats
Singularheartbeat
Pluralheartbeats

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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