Definitions for cadences

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cadences ca·dence

Spelling: [keyd-ns]

IPA: /ˈkeɪd ns/

Cadences is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in cadences (accdeens).

Definitions for cadences

noun

1. rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
2. (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured.
3. the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement:
4. the flow or rhythm of events, especially the pattern in which something is experienced:
5. a slight falling in pitch of the voice in speaking or reading, as at the end of a declarative sentence.
6. the general modulation of the voice.
7. Music. a sequence of notes or chords that indicates the momentary or complete end of a composition, section, phrase, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to make rhythmical.

Origin of cadences

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Italian cadenza; see cadenza

Examples for cadences

They consisted of a few chanted words, with a cadence and a long yodl.

I feel like I can recognize the cadence, but I haven't been able to do it yet.

May again sighed, and with a tremor in the cadence that was almost a sob.

His cadence is a steady beat rather than a roller coaster, and his words sparing and simple.

I have brought men to dress you in a cadence; these kinds of suits are put on with ceremony.

All his yearnings were fanned to flame by the cadence of her voice and the softness of her eyes.

It regulated the juxtaposition of sounds and the cadence of sentences.

It takes a little while to understand the cadence of this show.

I remember the cadence of the radio transmissions between our vehicles.

It will be remarked that it is so free that there is no cadence that any musician could find.