| rhythm | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. beat, musical rhythm, rhythm | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music.; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" |
| ~ backbeat | a loud steady beat. |
| ~ downbeat | the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward). |
| ~ offbeat, upbeat | an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure). |
| ~ syncopation | a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat. |
| ~ musical time | (music) the beat of musical rhythm. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. regular recurrence, rhythm | recurring at regular intervals. |
| ~ cyclicity, periodicity | the quality of recurring at regular intervals. |
| ~ cardiac rhythm, heart rhythm | the rhythm of a beating heart. |
| n. (time) | 3. cycle, rhythm, round | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ phase angle, phase | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. |
| n. (communication) | 4. rhythm, speech rhythm | the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements.; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry" |
| ~ template, templet, guide | a model or standard for making comparisons. |
| ~ prosody, inflection | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language. |
| n. (act) | 5. calendar method, calendar method of birth control, rhythm, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle). |
| ~ natural family planning | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle. |
| conduct | | |
| n. (act) | 1. behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ aggression | deliberately unfriendly behavior. |
| ~ bohemianism | conduct characteristic of a bohemian. |
| ~ dirty pool | conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike. |
| ~ dirty tricks | underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent. |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ easiness | the quality of being easy in behavior or style.; "there was an easiness between them"; "a natural easiness of manner" |
| ~ the way of the world, the ways of the world | the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen.; "the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world"; "she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil"; "he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people. |
| ~ trait | a distinguishing feature of your personal nature. |
| ~ manners | social deportment.; "he has the manners of a pig" |
| ~ citizenship | conduct as a citizen.; "award for good citizenship" |
| ~ swashbuckling | flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior. |
| ~ correctitude, properness, propriety | correct or appropriate behavior. |
| ~ improperness, impropriety | an improper demeanor. |
| ~ personal manner, manner | a way of acting or behaving. |
| v. (social) | 3. carry on, conduct, deal | direct the course of; manage or control.; "You cannot conduct business like this" |
| ~ handle, manage, care, deal | be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" |
| ~ racketeer | carry on illegal business activities involving crime. |
| v. (creation) | 4. conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ conduct | lead musicians in the performance of.; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" |
| v. (social) | 5. acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport | behave in a certain manner.; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" |
| ~ carry, bear, hold | support or hold in a certain manner.; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright" |
| ~ fluster | be flustered; behave in a confused manner. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ put forward, assert | insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.; "Women should assert themselves more!" |
| ~ deal | behave in a certain way towards others.; "He deals fairly with his employees" |
| ~ walk around | behave in a certain manner or have certain properties.; "He walks around with his nose in the air"; "She walks around with this strange boyfriend" |
| ~ posture, pose | behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" |
| v. (motion) | 6. conduct, direct, guide, lead, take | take somebody somewhere.; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
| ~ beacon | guide with a beacon. |
| ~ hand | guide or conduct or usher somewhere.; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" |
| ~ misguide, mislead, lead astray, misdirect | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" |
| ~ usher, show | take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.; "The usher showed us to our seats" |
| v. (motion) | 7. carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| ~ convey, express, carry | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| ~ wash up | carry somewhere (of water or current or waves).; "The tide washed up the corpse" |
| ~ pipe in | bring in through pipes.; "Music was piped into the offices" |
| ~ bring in | transmit.; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine" |
| ~ retransmit | transmit again. |
| ~ carry | be conveyed over a certain distance.; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
| v. (creation) | 8. conduct | lead musicians in the performance of.; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ perform | give a performance (of something).; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera" |
| ~ conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
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