What part of speech is cadence?

Cadence can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. cadence is a verb, present, 1st person singular of cadence (infinitive).
2. cadence is a verb (infinitive).
3. cadence is a noun, singular of cadences.

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) cadence

cadence / cadences

cadenced

cadenced

cadencing

Infinitive: (to) cadence
Present: cadence / cadences
Simple Past: cadenced
Past Participle: (have) cadenced
Gerund: cadencing

Noun

Singular

Plural
cadence

cadences

Singular: cadence
Plural: cadences

What does cadence mean?

Definitions

Verb
cadence - To give a cadence to.
cadence - To give structure to.
Noun
cadence - a recurrent rhythmical series
cadence - the close of a musical section
cadence - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Examples of cadence

#		Sentence
1.	noun	Venezuelans speak with a very musical cadence.
2.	noun	I love the cadence of your poem.
3.	noun	It's hard for me to get the cadence right when I speak Spanish.

Sentence
noun
Venezuelans speak with a very musical cadence.
I love the cadence of your poem.
It's hard for me to get the cadence right when I speak Spanish.

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