"upbeat" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈbit/ [adjective], /ˈʌpˌbit/ [noun] Audio: en-us-upbeat.ogg Forms: more upbeat [comparative], most upbeat [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From up- + beat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|beat}} up- + beat Head templates: {{en-adj}} upbeat (comparative more upbeat, superlative most upbeat)
  1. Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat. Translations (Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat): nopeatempoinen (Finnish), nopea (Finnish), entraînant [masculine] (French), peppig [colloquial] [music, entertainment, lifestyle] (German), aufgedreht (German), gyors (Hungarian), sebes (Hungarian), szapora (Hungarian), (describing a type of csárdás) friss (Hungarian), pörgős (Hungarian), アップビートの (appubīto no) (Japanese), быстрый (bystryj) [masculine] (Russian), livad (Swedish), upptempo (Swedish), vurgusuz tempolu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-upbeat-en-adj-99QQwcko Disambiguation of 'Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat': 91 9
  2. Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.): оптимистичен (optimističen) (Bulgarian), myönteinen (Finnish), optimistinen (Finnish), optimiste (French), fröhlich (German), optimistisch (German), heiter und zuversichtlich gestimmt (German), vidám (Hungarian), jókedvű (Hungarian), derűlátó (Hungarian), optimista (Hungarian), 明るい (akarui) (alt: あかるい) (Japanese), アップビートの (appubīto no) (Japanese), сейдін (seidın) (Kazakh), көтеріліңкі (köterılıñkı) (Kazakh), optimist (Romanian), жизнера́достный (žiznerádostnyj) (Russian), бо́дрый (bódryj) (Russian), optimista (Spanish), positivo (Spanish), munter (Swedish), positiv (Swedish), upprymd (Swedish), uppspelt (Swedish), uppåt (Swedish), pigg (Swedish), iyimser (Turkish), neşeli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-upbeat-en-adj-Q8Z12l8M Disambiguation of Personality: 3 86 10 Disambiguation of 'Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up-beat

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈbit/ [adjective], /ˈʌpˌbit/ [noun] Audio: en-us-upbeat.ogg Forms: upbeats [plural]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From up- + beat. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|beat}} up- + beat Head templates: {{en-noun}} upbeat (plural upbeats)
  1. An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: unaccented beat, anticipatory note, anticipatory, unstressed note, unstressed, anacrusis, pickup Translations (unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase): levé [common-gender, masculine] (French), Auftakt [masculine] (German), άρση (ársi) [feminine] (Greek), затакт (zatakt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-upbeat-en-noun-kSsojJWe Disambiguation of Music: 14 0 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 18 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 21 33 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 9 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 10 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 17 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 11 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 25 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 27 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 20 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 20 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: up-beat

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2022 August 24, Steve Murphy tells Paul Stephen, “Rail + property: a winning combination”, in RAIL, number 964, page 48:",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "nopeatempoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "nopea"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "entraînant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "peppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "aufgedreht"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "gyors"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "sebes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "szapora"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "(describing a type of csárdás) friss"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "pörgős"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "appubīto no",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "アップビートの"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bystryj",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "быстрый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "livad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "upptempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat",
      "word": "vurgusuz tempolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "optimističen",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "оптимистичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "myönteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "optimistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "optimiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "fröhlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "optimistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "heiter und zuversichtlich gestimmt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "vidám"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "jókedvű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "derűlátó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.",
      "word": "optimista"
    },
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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      "word": "unaccented beat"
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      "word": "anticipatory note"
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      "word": "anticipatory"
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      "word": "pickup"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase",
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      "word": "levé"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase",
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        "masculine"
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      "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",
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      "word": "затакт"
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