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- /biːt/
- /biːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- /biːt/
Definitions of beats word
- noun beats Plural form of beat. 1
- noun beats plural of beat. 0
- verb beats third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat. 0
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Parts of speech for Beats
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
beats popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
beats usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for beats
noun beats
- knocks — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- taps — a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot.
- punches — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- rhythms — movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
- stresses — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
verb beats
- batters — Plural form of batter.
- whips — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- bashes — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- bats — crazy; very eccentric
- boxes — an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Buxus, especially B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark-green leaves, used for ornamental borders, hedges, etc., and yielding a hard, durable wood.
Antonyms for beats
verb beats
- taps — a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot.
- aids — AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.
- assists — Plural form of assist.
- guards — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- stays — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
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