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"roman": "appubīto no",
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"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "明るい"
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"word": "көтеріліңкі"
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"roman": "žiznerádostnyj",
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"word": "heiter und zuversichtlich gestimmt"
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"word": "vidám"
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "optimista"
},
{
"alt": "あかるい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akarui",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "明るい"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "appubīto no",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "アップビートの"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "seidın",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "сейдін"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "köterılıñkı",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "көтеріліңкі"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "optimist"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žiznerádostnyj",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "жизнера́достный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bódryj",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "бо́дрый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "optimista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "positivo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "munter"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "positiv"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "upprymd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "uppspelt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "uppåt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "pigg"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "iyimser"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
"word": "neşeli"
}
],
"word": "upbeat"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with up-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/iːt",
"en:Music",
"en:Personality"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "up",
"3": "beat"
},
"expansion": "up- + beat",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "up- + beat",
"forms": [
{
"form": "upbeats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "upbeat (plural upbeats)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The conductor said: I give you three beats for nothing and then you come in on the upbeat."
}
],
"glosses": [
"An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase."
],
"links": [
[
"unaccented",
"unaccented"
],
[
"beat",
"beat"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʌpˈbit/",
"tags": [
"adjective"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʌpˌbit/",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-upbeat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-us-upbeat.ogg/En-us-upbeat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-us-upbeat.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "unaccented beat"
},
{
"word": "anticipatory note"
},
{
"word": "anticipatory"
},
{
"word": "unstressed note"
},
{
"word": "unstressed"
},
{
"word": "anacrusis"
},
{
"word": "pickup"
},
{
"word": "up-beat"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"masculine"
],
"word": "levé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Auftakt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ársi",
"sense": "unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "άρση"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatakt",
"sense": "unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "затакт"
}
],
"word": "upbeat"
}
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