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# beat

«beat» in Mova's school dictionary: **to win against someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (beat, beats, beat, beaten, beating); noun (a beat, beats); adjective (beat — informal, very tired)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To beat is to win against someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#m1)

2) To beat is to hit again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#m2)

3) To beat food is to mix it fast, like eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#m3)

4) A beat is a regular sound or pulse, like the beat of a drum or a heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#m4)

5) Beat (informal) means very tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

a comparison of scores or times between winner and loser; in music, beats per bar; in science, heartbeats per minute; phrases «beat by», «beat a record», «heartbeat», «on the beat», «beat it» (go away)

### examples

- The Lions beat the Tigers by 5 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x1)
- She beat her record by 2 seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x2)
- He beat 3 eggs for the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x3)
- How many points did they need to beat 40? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x4)
- My heart beats about 80 times a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x5)
- Clap to the beat of the music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x6)
- The rain beat on the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x7)
- I'm beat after the long hike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x8)
- Can you beat my high score? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x9)
- The drummer kept the beat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x10)
- Oh, how his heart did beat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/#x11)

### note

«beat by» gives a difference: winner = loser + margin. Trap: to beat 40 you need at least 41. Past form «beat», past participle «beaten». «Beat» sounds like «beet» (a red vegetable). Hitting people or animals is wrong.

### In the corpora

- [So play, laugh and enjoy beating the bot at your own riddles, and check anything that matters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/4/)
- [A family password, a silly word that is not online anywhere, beats a fake voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/14/)
- [It was reported that an AI beat a world champion at the board game Go, after learning by playing enormous numbers of games.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/6/)
- [Counting letter by letter, slowly, beats guessing quickly, and you can show each step.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/19/)
- [A metronome is a ticking machine or app that keeps a steady beat; groups often rush when they get excited.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.