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COMMON METER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common meter mean?
• COMMON METER (noun)
The noun COMMON METER has 1 sense:
1. the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
Familiarity information: COMMON METER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
common measure; common meter
Hypernyms ("common meter" is a kind of...):
beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
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