Associations to the word «Syncopated»
Verb
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Wiktionary
SYNCOPATE, verb. (transitive) (linguistics) to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope
SYNCOPATE, verb. (transitive) (music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
Dictionary definition
SYNCOPATE, verb. Omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word".
SYNCOPATE, verb. Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.