syncopation
The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the…The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
» Jazz makes heavy use of syncopation.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’)
(uncountable, usually)The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.
Examples
4 sentencesJazz makes heavy use of syncopation.
This piece makes heavy use of syncopation.
This piece makes heavy use of dissonance and syncopation.
Syncopation is the union, or the perception of the union, of two or more rhythmic patterns.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's,From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.
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Forms
plural: syncopations| Singular | syncopation |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonyms- (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’):syncope
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable