syncopation

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/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/

Definition of syncopation

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable, usually)The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.

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noun

(uncountable, usually)The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
(uncountable, usually)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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From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.

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