Rubato

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Rhythmic flexibility within a phrase or measure; a relaxation of strict time.
  • adj. Containing or characterized by rubato.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on the beat
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Robbed; borrowed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In music, in modified or distorted rhythm: especially used of the arbitrary lengthening of certain notes in a measure and the corresponding shortening of others, for the purpose of bringing some tone or chord into decided prominence without altering the total duration of the measure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tempo    pacing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    robbed    borrowed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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