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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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verb

To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

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downbeat

Part of Speechnoun

The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).

Origin

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Common Phrases

. downbeatnystagmus downbeatending downbeatmagazine downbeatdownbeat firstdownbeat structuraldownbeat next
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Synonyms

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Antonyms

upbeat

Related Words

nystagmuspessimisticsadglumaccentdownstrokethesisacciaccatura

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