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authentic cadences

authentic cadences is the plural of authentic cadence.

Meaning of authentic cadence

Noun

authentic cadence (plural authentic cadences)

  1. (US) A cadence involving the resolution of the dominant chord (V) to the root chord (I).
    Synonyms:
    perfect cadence, closed cadence

Questions about authentic cadences

What is authentic cadences the plural of?
Authentic cadences is the plural of authentic cadence.

Words near authentic cadences in the dictionary

  1. Authenreith
  2. authentic
  3. authentic assessment
  4. authentic assessments
  5. authentic cadence
  6. authentic cadences
  7. authentic learning
  8. authenticability
  9. authenticable
  10. authentical
  11. authentically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: authentic cadences (page history and authors); authentic cadence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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