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beatadjectivespoken UK /biːt/ 1 very tiredI’m going to bed now – I’m beat. Synonyms and related words
beatadjectivespoken US /bit/ 1 very tiredI’m going to bed now – I’m beat. Synonyms and related words
beat
noun countable UK /biːt/ 1 the series of regular sounds or movements as your heart pumps blood around your bodyI could feel the beat of his heart. Synonyms and related words
The heart, blood and circulation 1a one of the regular sounds or movements of your hearta heart rate of 65 beats a minute miss/skip a beat: Her heart seemed to miss a beat. Synonyms and related words
The heart, blood and circulation
2 usually singularmusicthe main pattern of sounds in a piece of music, or the strongest sounds in this patternmusic with a slow pulsating beat Synonyms and related words
Notes in the musical scale 2a a single regular sound or a series of regular sounds, especially of two things hitting togetherthe sound of a single drum beat beat of: the beat of horses’ hooves Synonyms and related words
Sounds of things hitting or rubbing together 2b musica unit of measurement for a piece of music. Each bar has a particular number of beatsA waltz has three beats in a bar. Synonyms and related words
Notes in the musical scale
3 usually singularan area that a police officer has responsibility for and must walk around regularlywalk/pound/patrol the beat: The two officers used to walk the beat together. on the beat (=walking around an area): We intend to increase the number of police on the beat. Synonyms and related words
Crime detection and prevention agent provocateur all-points bulletin APB
beat
1 one of the regular sounds or movements of your hearta heart rate of 65 beats a minute skip/miss a beat: Her heart seemed to miss a beat. Synonyms and related words
The heart, blood and circulation 1a the series of regular sounds or movements as your heart pumps blood around your bodyI could feel the beat of his heart. Synonyms and related words
The heart, blood and circulation
2 usually singularmusicthe main pattern of sounds in a piece of music, or the strongest sounds in this patternI’d like you to tap out the beat on the table. music with a slow pulsating beat Synonyms and related words
Notes in the musical scale 2a a single regular sound or a series of regular sounds, especially of two things hitting togetherthe sound of a single drum beat beat of: the beat of horses’ hooves Synonyms and related words
Sounds of things hitting or rubbing together 2b musica unit of measurement for a piece of music. Each measure has a particular number of beatsA waltz has three beats in each measure. Synonyms and related words
Notes in the musical scale
3 usually singularan area that a police officer has responsibility for and must walk around regularlywalk/pound/patrol the beat: The two officers used to walk the beat together. on the beat (=walking around an area): We intend to increase the number of police on the beat. Synonyms and related words
Crime detection and prevention agent provocateur all-points bulletin Amber alert
beat
1 transitive to defeat someone in a game, competition, election, or battleEngland needed to beat Germany to get to the final. In 2000, George W Bush narrowly beat Al Gore in the election. Synonyms and related words
To defeat someone in a game, competition or argument Synonyms and related words
To be a candidate or winner in an election 1a to do something faster, for longer, more times etc than has been done beforeShe beat the world record by 0.3 of a second. I’ll be happy if I beat my previous score. Synonyms and related words
To be the best or better than someone else 1b to succeed despite a difficult situationIt is one of the few businesses that has beaten the recession. women who have beaten breast cancer Synonyms and related words
To succeed in doing something
Adverbs frequently used with beat ▪ comfortably, comprehensively, convincingly, easily, narrowly, soundly
2 transitive to arrive before someone elsebeat someone to/back/up etc: See if you can beat me back to the house! Synonyms and related words
To do something before someone else beat someone to it make the first move beat 2a to do something before a planned time or before something happensbeat the deadline/clock: He was always trying to beat the clock and finish early. Synonyms and related words
To do something before someone else beat someone to it make the first move beat
3 transitive to hit someone violently several timesThey were arrested for beating their children. Synonyms and related words 4 transitive to hit something several times making a regular pattern of sounds, or to make this pattern of soundsSomeone was beating a drum in the distance. Synonyms and related words 4a transitive to hit an object or part of the body with your handsI beat my hands on the wall with rage. He suddenly beat the table with his fist. Synonyms and related words 4b intransitive/transitive if a bird or insect beats its wings, or if its wings beat, it hits them together several times Synonyms and related words Synonyms and related words 4c intransitive/transitive to hit something many times or for a long period of timebeat against/on/at: The rain was beating against the windows with renewed force. waves beating on the shore Synonyms and related words 4d transitive to hit a piece of metal with a special hammer in order to make it thinner Synonyms and related words
Metalworking and forms of metal
5 intransitive if someone’s heart beats, it makes the same sound and movements again and again as it pumps blood around their bodyThe shock had made my heart beat faster. Synonyms and related words
Bleeding and what the heart and blood do 6 transitive to mix foods such as eggs, cream, or butter well using a fork or a special tool or machine. This tool or machine can be called a beater. Synonyms and related words
Prepare food for cooking or eating 7 transitive informalto be better than something elseFor me, surfing the Net beats watching TV any time. Synonyms and related words
To be the best or better than someone else 7a you can’t beat something or something can’t be beatused for saying that something is very goodYou can’t beat a good book. Synonyms and related words
Ways of emphasizing how good something is
8 beat somebody to marketto launch a product earlier than anyone else and thus get a competitive edgeObviously, Apple would be upset by any announcement that some company was going to beat them to market. Submitted by:
Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 16/12/2014
beat around/about the bush beat your breast beat it beat a path to someone’s door beat the rap beat the system beat time beat someone to it be hard to beat can you beat that/it? if you can’t beat ’em join ’em it beats me
beat down beat off beat on beat out beat up beat up on beat
1 transitive to hit someone violently several timesThey were arrested for beating their children. Synonyms and related words 2 transitive to arrive before someone elsebeat someone to/back etc.: See if you can beat me back to the house! Synonyms and related words
To do something before someone else beat someone to it make the first move beat 2a to do something before a planned time or before something happensbeat the deadline/clock: He was always trying to beat the clock and finish early. Synonyms and related words
To do something before someone else beat someone to it make the first move beat
3 transitive to defeat someone in a game, competition, election, or battleHingis needed to beat Davenport to get to the final. In 2000, George W. Bush narrowly beat Al Gore in the election. Synonyms and related words
To defeat someone in a game, competition or argument Synonyms and related words
To be a candidate or winner in an election 3a to do something faster, for longer, more times, etc. than has been done beforeShe beat the world record by 0.3 of a second. I’ll be happy if I beat my previous best score. Synonyms and related words
To be the best or better than someone else 3b to succeed despite a difficult situationIt is one of the few businesses that has beaten the recession. women who have beaten breast cancer Synonyms and related words
To succeed in doing something
Adverbs frequently used with beat ▪ comfortably, comprehensively, convincingly, easily, narrowly, soundly
4 transitive informalto be better than something elseFor me, surfing the Net beats watching TV any time. Synonyms and related words
To be the best or better than someone else 4a you can’t beat something or something can’t be beatused for saying that something is very goodYou can’t beat a good book. Synonyms and related words
Ways of emphasizing how good something is
5 transitive to hit something several times making a regular pattern of sounds, or to make this pattern of soundsSomeone was beating a drum in the distance. Synonyms and related words 5a transitive to hit an object or part of the body with your handsI beat my hands on the wall with rage. He suddenly beat the table with his fist. Synonyms and related words 5b intransitive/transitive if a bird or insect beats its wings, or if its wings beat, it hits them together several times Synonyms and related words Synonyms and related words 5c intransitive/transitive to hit something many times or for a long period of timebeat against/on/at: The rain was beating against the windows with renewed force. waves beating on the shore Synonyms and related words 5d transitive to hit a piece of metal with a special hammer in order to make it thinner Synonyms and related words
Metalworking and forms of metal
6 intransitive if someone’s heart beats, it makes the same sound and movements again and again as it pumps blood around their bodyThe shock had made my heart beat faster. Synonyms and related words
Bleeding and what the heart and blood do 7 transitive to mix foods such as eggs, cream, or butter well using a fork or a special tool or machine. This tool or machine can be called a beater. Synonyms and related words
Prepare food for cooking or eating 8 beat somebody to marketto launch a product earlier than anyone else and thus get a competitive edgeObviously, Apple would be upset by any announcement that some company was going to beat them to market. Submitted by:
Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 16/12/2014
beat around the bush beat your brains out beat your breast beat it beat someone to it beat a path to someone’s door beat the rap beats me beat the system beat time can you beat that/it? if you can’t beat ’em join ’em be hard to beat
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