Beat
verb
To hit repeatedly.
He beat the drum with a rhythmic pattern.
Often appears as...
- beat the odds
- beat the heat
verb
To win over, to defeat.
Our team beat the enemy team in the final match.
Often appears as...
- beat the competition
- beat at a game
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Approving
noun
Rate at which a rhythm, song, heart, etc. is repeated in a given amount of time.
The beat of my heart increased as I saw her.
Often appears as...
- heartbeat
- beat of a drum
verb
To move by flapping.
Birds beat their wings to fly.
Often appears as...
- beat wings
- beat a retreat
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Neutral
noun
An area regularly perceived by a policeman or a guard.
The security guard walks his beat every hour.
Often appears as...
- walk the beat
- beat officer
verb
To hit repeatedly.
He beat the drum with a rhythmic pattern.
Often appears as...
- beat the odds
- beat the heat
verb
To win over, to defeat.
Our team beat the enemy team in the final match.
Often appears as...
- beat the competition
- beat at a game
Usage tips
Approving
noun
Rate at which a rhythm, song, heart, etc. is repeated in a given amount of time.
The beat of my heart increased as I saw her.
Often appears as...
- heartbeat
- beat of a drum
verb
To move by flapping.
Birds beat their wings to fly.
Often appears as...
- beat wings
- beat a retreat
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
An area regularly perceived by a policeman or a guard.
The security guard walks his beat every hour.
Often appears as...
- walk the beat
- beat officer
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Use 'beat' to describe forceful, often rhythmic actions, usually with hands or tools.
She beat the dust out of the rug.
Pro Tip 2/2Repeated Action
'Beat' suggests an action happening repeatedly, not just a single strike.
He beat the table in frustration.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Use 'beat' to describe forceful, often rhythmic actions, usually with hands or tools.
She beat the dust out of the rug.
Pro Tip 2/2Repeated Action
'Beat' suggests an action happening repeatedly, not just a single strike.
He beat the table in frustration.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Use 'beat' to describe forceful, often rhythmic actions, usually with hands or tools.
She beat the dust out of the rug.
Pro Tip 2/2Repeated Action
'Beat' suggests an action happening repeatedly, not just a single strike.
He beat the table in frustration.
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The science of...
Once attraction is confirmed, your bloodstream is flooded with norepinephrine, activating your fight or flight system. Your heart beats faster, your pupils dilate, and your body releases glucose for additional energy, not because you're in danger but because your body is telling you that something important is happening. To help you focus,
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At what moment are you...
doesn't jump-start an inanimate heart, but resynchronizes the muscle cells in an abnormally beating heart so they regain their normal rhythm. This can prevent a person from dying, but it won't raise a dead body, or a monster sewn together from dead bodies. So it would seem that all our various medical miracles
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Finding Heartbeats in...
be helpful for measuring the surface waves on the earth also for detecting spacecraft and as they move out in the solar system and some engineers noticed that that's the same technology that we could also use to detect human heart beats like a detect microwave heart beats that's a sure sign of a victim as
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A different way to...
but it's actually found everywhere in the world around us, from the ocean tides to our own heartbeats, rhythm is essentially an event repeating regularly over time. Even the ticking of a clock itself is a sort of rhythm. But for musical rhythm, a steady string of repeating single beats is not enough.
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
So from the music, the graffiti, the art, that's what we do. Can I say one more thing? Yeah, of course. In spite of being arrested, beaten up, threatened, the moment I discovered my voice, that I could actually stand up for what I really believed in, I'm no longer afraid.
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What game theory teaches...
we are still trying to decide which one is more important we're trying to win and beat all of these things and not realize that the game is infinite not finite and the United States policies these days are become shorter and shorter term which creates turmoil and
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How to read music - Tim...
and eight to an eighth note, and so on. So this time signature here tells us that there are four quarter notes in each bar, one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat, it gets kind of boring,
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Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR...
This is one of planet Earth's greatest spectacles. It's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long. Once the food has gone, the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced by nothing more than the sound of the desert wind.
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How stress affects your...
and norepinephrine. As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster and raises your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension.
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What happens during a...
A healthy diet, avoiding tobacco use, staying fit, and enjoying plenty of sleep and lots of laughter all go a long way in making sure your body's most important muscle keeps on beating.
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The science of...
Once attraction is confirmed, your bloodstream is flooded with norepinephrine, activating your fight or flight system. Your heart beats faster, your pupils dilate, and your body releases glucose for additional energy, not because you're in danger but because your body is telling you that something important is happening. To help you focus,
Video examples
At what moment are you...
doesn't jump-start an inanimate heart, but resynchronizes the muscle cells in an abnormally beating heart so they regain their normal rhythm. This can prevent a person from dying, but it won't raise a dead body, or a monster sewn together from dead bodies. So it would seem that all our various medical miracles
Video examples
Finding Heartbeats in...
be helpful for measuring the surface waves on the earth also for detecting spacecraft and as they move out in the solar system and some engineers noticed that that's the same technology that we could also use to detect human heart beats like a detect microwave heart beats that's a sure sign of a victim as
Video examples
A different way to...
but it's actually found everywhere in the world around us, from the ocean tides to our own heartbeats, rhythm is essentially an event repeating regularly over time. Even the ticking of a clock itself is a sort of rhythm. But for musical rhythm, a steady string of repeating single beats is not enough.
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
So from the music, the graffiti, the art, that's what we do. Can I say one more thing? Yeah, of course. In spite of being arrested, beaten up, threatened, the moment I discovered my voice, that I could actually stand up for what I really believed in, I'm no longer afraid.
Video examples
What game theory teaches...
we are still trying to decide which one is more important we're trying to win and beat all of these things and not realize that the game is infinite not finite and the United States policies these days are become shorter and shorter term which creates turmoil and
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How to read music - Tim...
and eight to an eighth note, and so on. So this time signature here tells us that there are four quarter notes in each bar, one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four, and so on. But like I said before, if we just stick to the beat, it gets kind of boring,
Video examples
Swarm Of Locusts DEVOUR...
This is one of planet Earth's greatest spectacles. It's rarely seen on this scale and it won't last long. Once the food has gone, the steady roar of a billion beating locust wings will once again be replaced by nothing more than the sound of the desert wind.
Video examples
How stress affects your...
and norepinephrine. As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster and raises your blood pressure, over time causing hypertension.
Video examples
What happens during a...
A healthy diet, avoiding tobacco use, staying fit, and enjoying plenty of sleep and lots of laughter all go a long way in making sure your body's most important muscle keeps on beating.
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.
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Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that wasn't happy.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
French Athlete
I have a lot of respect for who beats me and that's it.
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Josh Barnett
American Mixed Martial Artist
I know that I can beat anybody in the world.
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Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
I want to beat the best in the world.
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James DeGale
British Boxer
I can beat anyone in the world.
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Julian Edelman
American Athlete
I got beat up my whole life.
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.
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Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that wasn't happy.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
French Athlete
I have a lot of respect for who beats me and that's it.
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Josh Barnett
American Mixed Martial Artist
I know that I can beat anybody in the world.
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Fabricio Werdum
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
I want to beat the best in the world.
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James DeGale
British Boxer
I can beat anyone in the world.
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Julian Edelman
American Athlete
I got beat up my whole life.
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