Definition of cadences Cadences
/kejˈdʌnsɪz/ - [keydunsiz] -
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What does cadences mean?
Wiktionary 
- cadences (Noun)
Plural of cadence. - cadences (Verb)
Verb.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: cadences |
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| cadence - a recurrent rhythmical series | ||
| cadency | ||
| rhythmicity the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music | ||
| cadence - the close of a musical section | ||
| musical passage, passage the act of passing from one state or place to the next | ||
| cadence - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | ||
| meter, metre, measure, beat | ||
| poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody (prosody) a system of versification | ||
| metrics, prosody the study of poetic meter and the art of versification | ||
| catalexis the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | ||
| scansion analysis of verse into metrical patterns | ||
| common meter, common measure the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad | ||
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Wiktionary
- cadence (Noun)
Balanced, rhythmic flow. - cadence (Noun)
The measure or beat of movement. - cadence (Noun)
The general inflection or modulation of the voice. - cadence (Noun)
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. - cadence (Noun)
A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence. - cadence (Noun)
A dance move which ends a phrase. - cadence (Noun)
The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions. - cadence (Noun)
The number of steps per minute. - cadence (Noun)
The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle. - cadence (Noun)
A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call . - cadence (Verb)
To give a cadence to. - cadence (Verb)
To give structure to.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cadence (n.)
The act or state of declining or sinking. - cadence (n.)
A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. - cadence (n.)
A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. - cadence (n.)
Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. - cadence (n.)
See Cadency. - cadence (n.)
Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. - cadence (n.)
A uniform time and place in marching. - cadence (n.)
The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. - cadence (n.)
A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. - cadence (v. t.)
To regulate by musical measure.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cadence
kā′dens, n. the fall of the voice at the end of a sentence: tone, sound, modulation.—adj. Cā′denced, rhythmical.—n. Cā′dency, regularity of movement: (her.) the relative status of younger sons.—adj. Cā′dent (Shak.), falling.—n. Caden′za, a flourish given by a solo voice or instrument at the close of a movement. [Fr.—L. cad-ĕre, to fall.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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cadence
The uniform time and space for marching, more indispensable to large bodies of troops than to parties of small-arm men; yet an important part even of their drill. The regularity requisite in pulling.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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cadence
A uniform time and pace in marching, indispensable to the correct movements of bodies of troops.
