beat

From Wiktionary
beat is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
bear - beat - beauty

Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
beat

Third-person singular
beats

Past tense
beat

Past participle
beaten

Present participle
beating

  1. (transitive) If you beat someone or something, you hit it, usually many times.
    It made a loud noise when he beat the drum.
    I had to leave and divorce my husband, because he kept beating and choking me.
  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.

Related words[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
beat

Plural
beats

  1. (countable) Beat is the rhythm of music.
  2. (countable) A heartbeat.