beat

/biːt/ noun [C]

Translation

REGULAR SOUND › a regular sound that is made by your heart or by something hitting a surface

kalp atışı, tık sesi

a heart beat the beat of a drum548

RHYTHM › the main rhythm of a piece of music

müzikte vuruş, tını, çıkarılan her bir ses, nota, tempo

loud music with a repetitive beat90

AREA › the area of a town or city that a police officer walks around regularly

devriye

Having more police officers on the beat (= walking around their beat) should help to reduce crime.695

(Definition of beat noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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