tempo
pronunciation
How to pronounce tempo in British English:
UK [ˈtempəʊ]
How to pronounce tempo in American English:
US [ˈtempoʊ]
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- Noun:
- (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
- the rate of some repeating event
Word Origin
- tempo (n.)
- "relative speed of a piece of music," 1724, from Italian tempo, literally "time" (plural tempi), from Latin tempus "time, season, portion of time" (see temporal). Extended (non-musical) senses by 1898.
Example
- 1. The tempo of the city itself is exhilarating .
- 2. Like extended tempo runs , these workouts boosted my anaerobic threshold .
- 3. That policy is unlikely to change , though apple may well accelerate its deal-making tempo .
- 4. The runners didn 't up their paces , no matter how fast the music 's tempo .
- 5. What you should do : do a tempo run once a week for 8 weeks .