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单词 syncopating
释义

syncopate

verb

syn·​co·​pate ˈsiŋ-kə-ˌpāt How to pronounce syncopate (audio)
ˈsin-
syncopated; syncopating

transitive verb

1
a
: to shorten or produce by syncope
syncopate suppose to s'pose
b
: to cut short : clip, abbreviate
2
: to modify or affect (musical rhythm) by syncopation
syncopator
ˈsiŋ-kə-ˌpā-tər How to pronounce syncopate (audio)
ˈsin-
noun

Synonyms

  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • dock
  • elide
  • shorten
  • truncate
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Example Sentences

she tried to syncopate her gasp of shock
Recent Examples on the Web Parks coos the melodies over low-slung hip-hop beats and guitars that can tangle like indie-rock or syncopate like funk. Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021 Not many, but enough to start infecting celebrations with doubt, to break up the exact time, the exact place, to syncopate something that used to be whole. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2019 Clangorous yet syncopated, spliced with rock, hip-hop, and urban sound effects, the music matched the franticness of the modern world. Kenneth Partridge, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2019 Every rambling anecdote has been dropped, every hand gesture has been syncopated with the rhetoric and every laugh line has been blessed with the right emphasis. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 11 June 2019 But anders has his own spin on the genre, with a knack for syncopating his super-smooth phrasing that gives his sound something unidentifiably catchy and idiosyncratic. Raisa Bruner, Time, 9 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

syncopating

verb

present participle of syncopate
as in shortening
to make less in extent or duration she tried to syncopate her gasp of shock

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shortening
  • truncating
  • reducing
  • abbreviating
  • trimming
  • curtailing
  • recapitulating
  • abridging
  • eliding
  • cutting back
  • docking
  • abstracting
  • compressing
  • decreasing
  • digesting
  • encapsulating
  • summarizing
  • modifying
  • contracting
  • cutting down
  • cutting
  • slashing
  • summing up
  • epitomizing
  • pruning
  • paring
  • deflating
  • tapering
  • retrenching
  • diminishing
  • lowering
  • downsizing
  • constricting
  • shrinking
  • lessening
  • dwindling
  • de-escalating
  • moderating
  • abating
  • subtracting (from)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • elongating
  • lengthening
  • extending
  • prolonging
  • protracting
  • supplementing
  • enlarging
  • augmenting
  • expanding
  • amplifying
  • adding
  • escalating
  • increasing
  • heightening
  • swelling
  • dilating
  • raising
  • maximizing
  • boosting
  • distending
  • inflating
  • ballooning
  • aggrandizing
  • blowing up
  • pumping up
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