Definition of syncopation Syncopation
/sɪˈŋkʌpejˌʃʌn/ - [singkupeyshun] - syn•co•pa•tion
We found 8 definitions of syncopation from 4 different sources.
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What does syncopation mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: syncopations |
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| syncopation - music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| syncopation - a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat | ||
| musical rhythm, rhythm, beat recurring at regular intervals | ||
| syncopation - (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') | ||
| syncope | ||
| articulation the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible | ||
| phonemics, phonology the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- syncopation (n.)
The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. - syncopation (n.)
The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.
Part of speech
🔤- syncopation, noun, singular of syncopations.
