beat

Pronunciation

• enPR: bēt
• IPA: /biːt/
• SAMPA: /bi:t/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

Homophones

• beet

Verb

Plain form beat

Third person singular beats

Simple past beat

Past participle beaten

Present participle beating

1. (transitive) If you beat something, you hit it, usually many times.

   It made a loud noise when he beat the drum.

2. (transitive) If you beat a person or a team, you win and they lose.

   The best team usually beats the worst one.

3. The past tense of beat.

Synonyms

• hit
• assault
• batter

Related words

• beat up

Noun

Singular beat

Plural beats

1. (countable) the rhythm of music.
2. (countable) a heartbeat.

synonyms

• pulse
• rhythm