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"Downbeat" Definition

noun

Informal A period of stagnation or inactivity.
Music The downward stroke made by a conductor to indicate the first beat of a measure.
Music The first beat of a measure.
The stroke of a conductor indicating the principally accented note of a measure of music.
The first beat of a measure.

adjective

Cheerless; pessimistic.

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