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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

syncopative en · ADJ

Etymology

From syncopate + -ive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to syncopation.
    • Any page of sheet-music jazz will reveal a number of common simple syncopative formulas applied to melodic purposes. 1964, Winthrop Sargeant, Jazz: A History, page 58: