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upbeat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | eudaemonia, eudaimonia, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
| Type of | successfulness, prosperity |
| Has types | health, wellness, fool's paradise |
the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles.
upbeat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | offbeat |
| Type of | beat, musical rhythm, rhythm |
upbeat::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cheerful, pollyannaish |
Examples of upbeat
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The atmosphere inside the academy building on Saturday was upbeat and energetic.
From the dailyherald.com
The Pro Bowl running back knows this isn't an easy situation but remains upbeat.
From the kentucky.com
The strange thing, though, was how upbeat and cheerful the two boys mostly were.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He's organized and upbeat, a breath of fresh air on a team that had grown musty.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The song is described as quintessential Maroon 5 power pop, with an upbeat tune.
From the music.uk.msn.com
The bank is very upbeat and has shifted its growth targets considerably upwards.
From the theatlantic.com
The standard finale of their series will be an upbeat musical tribute to a city.
From the time.com
Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin struck an upbeat tone as he presented financial results.
From the businessweek.com
In spring 2006, Matt seemed upbeat about the coming high school football season.
From the omaha.com
- Cheerful: pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
- Wellbeing: a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"
- An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
- The beat is the basic time unit of music, the pulse of the mensural level , also known as the beat level . However, since the term is in popular use, it often connotes the tempo of a piece or a particular sequence of individual beats, the meter, rhythm or groove. ...
- Upbeat was a syndicated musical variety show produced in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, at WEWS-TV that aired from 1964 to 1971 which spotlighted on the performers and their hit songs of the 1960s Top 40 pop music genre which was common on such AM radio stations as WIXY in Cleveland and CKLW in ...
- (The Upbeats) The Upbeats are a drum and bass production duo consisting of Jeremy Glenn and Dylan Jones from Wellington, New Zealand. They have also produced various other genres of music including dubstep and breaks.
- An unaccented beat at the start of a musical phrase; Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat; Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc
- One or more notes occurring before the first bar line, as necessitated by the text for the purpose of desirable accent. The unaccented beat of a measure.
- A beat falling in between the numbers of the time signature as opposed to a downbeat which falls on these numbers. e.g. An upbeat in 4/4 time is a beat which occurs on the "and" between any of the first, second, third or fourth beats.
