Usually means: Global fusion of musical styles.
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  1. world beat: Merriam-Webster
  2. world beat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. world beat: Wiktionary
  4. world beat: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. world beat: Dictionary.com
  6. World beat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (World beat)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of worldbeat [(music) A music genre that blends Western pop music with traditional folk music or world music.]

Similar:
worldbeat, world song, world music, D-beat, breakbeat, big beat, afrobeat, country-western, country & western, folk-rock, more...

Opposite:
traditional, folk, indigenous, local

Phrases:
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door, more...

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Similar:
worldbeat, world song, world music, D-beat, breakbeat, big beat, afrobeat, country-western, country & western, folk-rock, more...

Opposite:
traditional, folk, indigenous, local

Phrases:
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door, more...



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