world beat

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wurld beet]
- /wɜrld bit/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wurld beet]
- /wɜrld bit/

Definitions of world beat words

noun world beat (sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, indigenous forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop. 1
noun world beat popular, strongly rhythmic dance music of Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and, sometimes, Asia 0
noun world beat Alternative form of worldbeat. 0

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Origin of world beat

First appearance:

before 1985

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1985-90

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Parts of speech for World beat

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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world beat popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

world beat usage trend in Literature

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