Plural of beat
regular plural
The plural of beat is beats.
Forms of beat
| Singular | beat /biːt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | beats /biːts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Beats in a sentence
- There's nothing in this world beats a 52 Vincent and a red-headed girl.1991, Richard Thompson, “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
- The beats were pioneers with no destination, changing the world one impulse at a time.2008 March, David Wills, Beatdom, number 3
- This medicine is taken orally. Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.From the entry orally
- Don't let her rough exterior fool you; underneath that grumpy disposition beats a heart of gold.From the entry heart of gold
- Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!From the entry sweet
Meaning of beat
- noun A stroke; a blow.
- noun A pulsation or throb.
- noun A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
Questions about the plural of beat
- What is the plural of beat?
- The plural of beat is beats.
- Is beat countable?
- Beat is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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