SPEECH RHYTHM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does speech rhythm mean? 

• SPEECH RHYTHM (noun)
  The noun SPEECH RHYTHM has 1 sense:

1. the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

  Familiarity information: SPEECH RHYTHM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEECH RHYTHM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

rhythm; speech rhythm

Context example:

the rhythm of Frost's poetry

Hypernyms ("speech rhythm" is a kind of...):

guide; template; templet (a model or standard for making comparisons)

inflection; prosody (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)