Meaning

1 senses
  1. An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase.

    The conductor said: I give you three beats for nothing and then you come in on the upbeat.

    Auftakt

    затактzatakt

    an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tom is upbeat.

    У Тома піднесений настрій. — deniko

    ruТом оптимистичен. — paul_lingvo

  2. Do you think Tom is upbeat?

  3. What's your favorite upbeat song?

    ruКакая у тебя любимая весёлая песня? — Wezel

  4. You're always so positive and upbeat.

  5. You are always so positive and upbeat.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase:

Origin

From up- + beat.

From up- + beat.

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Forms

plural: upbeats
Singularupbeat
Pluralupbeats

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
anticipatoryunstressedanacrusispickupunaccented beatanticipatory noteunstressed note
Close in meaning
  • an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure):offbeat
  • a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous:wellbeingwell-beingwelfareeudaemoniaeudaimonia

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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