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downbeats

downbeats is the plural of downbeat.

Meaning of downbeat

Noun

downbeat (plural downbeats)

  1. The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).

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Questions about downbeats

What is downbeats the plural of?
Downbeats is the plural of downbeat.

Words near downbeats in the dictionary

  1. downballot
  2. downbear
  3. downbearing
  4. downbears
  5. downbeat
  6. downbeats
  7. downbelows
  8. downbent
  9. downbet
  10. downbets
  11. downbetted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downbeats (page history and authors); downbeat (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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