name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cadence
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkeɪ̯dəns/
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[ˈkheɪ̯dəns] ~ [ˈkheɪ̯dn̩s]
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rhymes with -eɪdəns
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CMU ARPABET: K EY1 D AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act or state of declining or sinking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The measure or beat of movement.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Balanced, rhythmic flow.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 7
A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 8
A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: speech
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noun
Meaning 9
A dance move which ends a phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
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noun
Meaning 10
The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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noun
Meaning 11
The number of steps per minute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: running
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noun
Meaning 12
The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 13
A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- call cadence
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noun
Meaning 14
Cadency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
Meaning 15
Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: horse-riding
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noun
Meaning 16
The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
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noun
Meaning 17
The frequency of regular product releases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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verb
Meaning 18
To give a cadence to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 19
To give structure to.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 20
a recurrent rhythmical series
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cadency
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Broader terms: rhythmicity
noun
Meaning 21
the close of a musical section
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: passage, musical passage
Narrower terms: plagal cadence, amen cadence
noun
Meaning 22
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meter, metre, measure, beat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
Narrower terms: catalexis, scansion, common measure, common meter, metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
History
Etymology
From the word cadence.
Borrowed from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza (“conclusion of a phrase of music”), from Latin *cadentia (literally “a falling”), form of cadēns, the present participle of cadō (“to fall, to cease”). The Latin verb is inherited, via Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-e- (“to fall”, thematic present). Doublet of cadenza and chance.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: такт (takt) — measure or beat of movement
- Esperanto: kadenco — measure or beat of movement
- Finnish: tahti — measure or beat of movement
- French: cadence — measure or beat of movement
- Italian: cadenza — measure or beat of movement
- Italian: intervallo — measure or beat of movement
- Macedonian: такт (takt) — measure or beat of movement
- Māori: ia — measure or beat of movement
- Māori: ūngeri — measure or beat of movement
- Māori: tatūnga — measure or beat of movement
- Romanian: tact — measure or beat of movement
- Spanish: cadencia — measure or beat of movement
- Swedish: takt — measure or beat of movement
- Afrikaans: toonval — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Catalan: cadència — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Dutch: cadans — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Finnish: rytmi — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Galician: cadencia — balanced, rhythmic flow
- German: Rhythmus — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Italian: cadenza — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Italian: ritmo — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Italian: passo — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Italian: andamento — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Macedonian: ри́там (rítam) — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Māori: ia — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Māori: tatūnga — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Portuguese: cadência — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Portuguese: ritmo — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Romanian: cadență — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Romanian: ritm — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Spanish: cadencia — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Swedish: rytm — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Turkish: ritim — balanced, rhythmic flow
- Bulgarian: модулация (modulacija) — modulation of the voice
- Danish: tonegang — modulation of the voice
- Dutch: cadans — modulation of the voice
- Finnish: sointi — modulation of the voice
- Indonesian: kadensa — modulation of the voice
- Macedonian: модула́ција (modulácija) — modulation of the voice
- Spanish: cadencia — modulation of the voice
- Swedish: röstsänkning — modulation of the voice
- Czech: závěr — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Czech: kadence — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Esperanto: kadenco — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Finnish: kadenssi — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Finnish: lopuke — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- French: cadence — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- German: Rhythmus — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- German: Kadenz — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Māori: tatūnga — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Māori: rauoro pārīrā — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Polish: kadencja — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Romanian: cadență — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Russian: каденция (kadencija) — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Scottish Gaelic: dùnadh — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Spanish: cadencia — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Swedish: kadens — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Tagalog: ragsak — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Ukrainian: каде́нція (kadéncija) — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- Welsh: diweddeb — (music) chord progression concluding a section or piece
- French: cadence — (music) an embellished cadenza
- German: Kadenz — (music) an embellished cadenza
- German: Tonfall — fall in inflection
- Macedonian: па́ѓање (páǵanje) — fall in inflection
- Macedonian: спу́штање (spúštanje) — fall in inflection
- Māori: tatūnga — fall in inflection
- Russian: пониже́ние (ponižénije) — fall in inflection
- Finnish: kadenssi — dance move
- German: Gleichschritt — dance move
- Finnish: rytmi — (fencing) series of actions’ rhythm and sequence
- German: Rhythmus — (fencing) series of actions’ rhythm and sequence
- Danish: rytme — number of steps per minute
- Finnish: tahti — number of steps per minute
- Finnish: rytmi — number of steps per minute
- German: Kadenz — number of steps per minute
- Danish: rytme — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Dutch: cadans — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Finnish: kadenssi — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- German: Rhythmus — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- German: Pedaltakt — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- German: Trittfrequenz — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Norwegian Bokmål: pedaltakt — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Norwegian Bokmål: tråkkfrekvens — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pedaltakt — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trakkfrekvens — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tråkkfrekvens — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Portuguese: pedalagem — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Romanian: ritm — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Russian: каденс (kadens) — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Russian: частота́ f педалирования (častotá) — (cycling) number of revolutions per minute
- Danish: kadence — (military) sung chant
- Finnish: marssilaulu — (military) sung chant
- German: Kadenz — (military) sung chant
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