What does upbeat mean?
Upbeat means Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat..
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/ʌpˈbit/ · adjective
Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat..
The notes are easy, but it's an upbeat tune and should be played fairly quickly.
Though he had bad news, he ended with an upbeat forecast for the future.
He sounded upbeat when I talked to him.
But Murphy remains upbeat about the longer-term prospect of recovery and a resumption of the record growth in passenger volumes experienced in the UK in the two decades following privatisation.
The conductor said: I give you three beats for nothing and then you come in on the upbeat.
Use upbeat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Upbeat means Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat..
Common synonyms include unaccented beat, anticipatory note, anticipatory, unstressed note.
Possible antonyms include downbeat, ill-being.
The notes are easy, but it's an upbeat tune and should be played fairly quickly.
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