upbeat in English
- upbeat⇄adj. 1. upward; rising.
Ex. an upbeat cycle, an upbeat mood.
2. (Informal, Figurative.) hopeful; optimistic; buoyant.
Ex. a motion picture with an upbeat ending. - upbeat⇄noun 1. (Music.)
a. an unaccented beat in a measure, especially one preceding a downbeat.
Ex. [He] began with the upbeat, an open-string quarter-note G, and I recognized the dearly familiar beginning of Opus 18, No. 4 (New Yorker).
b. - upbeat⇄upbeat, noun, adjective.