tempo
noun/ˈtempəʊ/
/ˈtempəʊ/
[countable, uncountable] (plural tempos)
- (plural tempithe speed or rhythm of a piece of music/ˈtempiː//ˈtempiː/)
- a slow/fast tempo
- It's a difficult piece, with numerous changes of tempo.
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2- They took the last movement at an unusually slow tempo.
- The piece should be played at a fast tempo.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brisk
- fast
- quick
- …
- change
- indication
- markings
- change
- …
- at a… tempo
- the speed of any movement or activity synonym pace1
- the increasing tempo of life in Western society
- Don’t let the other team dictate the tempo of the game.
Extra Examples- They soon adapted to the tempo of life on the island.
- We need to step up the tempo of our information campaigns.
- What people liked about these films was their wit and tempo.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + tempo- increase
- raise
- step up
- …
- quicken
- slow
- change
- …
- tempo of
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a fencing term denoting the timing of an attack): from Italian, from Latin tempus ‘time’.
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