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tempo

[ tem-poh ]

noun

, plural tem·pos, tem·pi [tem, -pee].
  1. Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
  2. characteristic rate, rhythm, or pattern of work or activity:

    the tempo of city life.

  3. Chess. the gaining or losing of time and effectiveness relative to one's continued mobility or developing position, especially with respect to the number of moves required to gain an objective:

    Black gained a tempo.



tempo

/ ˈtɛmpəʊ /

noun

  1. the speed at which a piece or passage of music is meant to be played, usually indicated by a musical direction ( tempo marking ) or metronome marking
  2. rate or pace
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


tempo

  1. In music, the speed at which a piece is performed. It is the Italian word for “time.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tempo1

1680–90; < Italian < Latin tempus time
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tempo1

C18: from Italian, from Latin tempus time
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Example Sentences

The basic plan of attack in 2017 was also developed under Obama, although Trump sped up the tempo by changing the rules of engagement.

Teammates are able to work together, drafting and setting a tempo up the mountain.

There are other reasons for the tempo change as well, and not just strategic ones.

You don’t have to run at every opportunity to win in college basketball19 — 12 of the last 13 non-UNC men’s national champions have sported adjusted tempos that ranked 100 or below — but Williams insists on doing it anyway.

During Williams’s tenure, Carolina has finished in the top 10 in overall adjusted efficiency margin 11 times, and it has played at the fastest tempo among the top 10 nine of those times.

Two minutes later, Crown and his brother pulled up to the hospital in their sister’s ‘85 Ford Tempo.

I realized quite early on that it would be different in that respect—a slower tempo.

Turn Up the TunesStudies have found that up-tempo music can make you feel more energetic and put you in a better mood.

At the same time, it has escalated the tempo of aerial bombardment and resumed its scorched earth campaign against civilians.

Rather it is the time to increase the size and tempo of guerrilla attacks even through the coming, bitterly cold Afghan winter.

I don't play anything up to tempo under her—always slow, slow, slow.

The “Bullier” orchestra will interest you; they play with a snap and fire and a tempo that is irresistible.

Thus the pitch is treated by him as modern notation treats the tempo, viz.

Let us try if it is not possible to obtain a clearer notion of this mysterious tempo rubato.

Above all, however, we have to keep in mind that the tempo rubato is a genus which comprehends numerous species.

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