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▪ I. ˈupbeat, n.
[up- 2.]
1. Mus. ‘The beat of a bar at which the hand is raised; an unaccented beat’ (Stainer and Barrett).
1869Ouseley Counterp. iii, The up-beat may be either a concord or a discord. 1874― Musical Form 63 The second phrase concludes with the third of the tonic, but at the up-beat.
2. Pros.
a. An anacrusis.
b. An arsis or stressed syllable.
1883H. M. Kennedy tr. Ten Brink's E.E. Lit. 194 Orm reproduced the foreign metre with pains-taking accuracy. The up-beat (auftakt, anacrusis) never fails. 1899D. Hyde Lit. Hist. Irel. xxxviii. 532 If we take it for granted that the syllables in which rhyme or alliteration appear must also bear the accent or up-beat of the voice. 1942J. C. Pope Rhythm of Beowulf 49 Anacrusis derives its effect..from being placed in the up-beat or arsis. 1948S. O. Andrew Postscript on Beowulf 120 Anacrusis is an introductory unstressed up-beat.
3. fig. An optimistic or positive mood, development, etc.; a pleasant occurrence.
1950C. McCullers in Theatre Arts Apr. 28/1 The publisher says this character must not die and the book should end on an ‘up beat’. 1955N.Y. Times Mag. 1 May 28 (heading) Upbeat for modern dance. 1969H. Waugh Young Prey xiii. 118 Breakfast with a pretty airlines hostess..was Frank Sessions' only upbeat of the morning. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 31 July 17/6, I don't think he's going to end tragically—he's in the classic sense a comic character, on the upbeat rather than the down.
▪ II. upbeat, a.
[f. the n.]
colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Cheerful, happy; hopeful, optimistic, positive; lively, vigorous.
1947N.Y. Herald-Tribune (U.S.) 26 Sept. 16 (heading) Dizzy Gillespie, Yardbird Parker, Thelonius Monk get nod in up-beat set. 1952Variety 2 Jan. 5, '51 was ‘Up⁓beat’ but '52 looms as ‘Challenge Year’. 1961John o' London's 25 May 591/3 Diana Sands as Beneatha brings a much-needed touch of up-beat comedy. 1965Punch 25 Aug. 275/2 Like Queen Victoria I am inordinately cheered up by the delivery of pieces of upbeat information, not merely about my own luck, but about others, even. 1977C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxvi. 58/2 I'm feeling a lot more upbeat about Gregor now. 1984Times 27 Mar. 10/2 (heading) Upbeat mood as Hongkong talks start again. |