Syncopation
nounid
136069·updated May 18, 2026verified
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- syncope
- plural
- Syncopations
- possessive
- Syncopation's
- pluralpossessive
- Syncopations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
- §2
- a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
- §3
- (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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