SYNCOPATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syncopate mean? 

• SYNCOPATE (verb)
  The verb SYNCOPATE has 2 senses:

1. omit a sound or letter in a word

2. modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat

  Familiarity information: SYNCOPATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNCOPATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they syncopate    ... he / she / it syncopates   
Past simple: syncopated   
Past participle: syncopated   
-ing form: syncopating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Omit a sound or letter in a word

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

syncopate a word

Hypernyms (to "syncopate" is one way to...):

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syncopation; syncope ((phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle'))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "syncopate" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Domain category:

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syncopation (music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm)

syncopation (a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat)

syncopator (a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band))