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Meanings of four-four time in English

Catalan
compàs de quatre per quatre

A time signature indicating four beats to the bar.

        compàs de quatre per quatre
        Synonyms
        Examples for "common time"
        Examples for "common time"
        1
        Above rings a barbarous cry, in defiance of common time and rhythm.
        Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
        2
        At the word, they move out, shoulder to shoulder, at common time.
        Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
        3
        Three minutes is a very common time length for a song.
        Wired
        4
        The following verses from Shenftone belong likewise to common time:
        The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...
        5
        From common time, they have passed to quick time-nowthey march at the double-quick.
        Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
        1
        He had preserved in no common measure the innocence of childhood.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
        2
        This measure is, moreover, independent of the particular phenomenon taken as the common measure.
        The New Physics and Its Evolution
        3
        Any common measure for the prevention or punishment of crime.
        A Study of Association in Insanity
        4
        Perhaps he was wily beyond the common measure of man.
        South Wind
        5
        The difficulty of reconciling the varied interests in a common measure seemed at times insurmountable.
        The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
        Usage of four-four time in English
        1
        Abby began to hum a simple, wordless ditty in four-four time.
        Sister Mine
        2
        Sometimes the song's done traditional, you know, four-four time, but the words are in English, so that makes it half English, half Hawaiian.
        Spider bones: a novel
        3
        In place of: "two-two time, three-eight time, four-four time," say as above: "This piece is written in two-half measure, three-eighth measure, four-quarter measure."
        Music Notation and Terminology
        Translations for four-four time