syncope
noun
/ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/
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- (linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
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syncope
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syncopation
noun
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- (linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
- (music) 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.
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syncopate
verb
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- (transitive, music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
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syncoperen
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