tempo meaning
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[ˈtɛm.pəʊ] [-ɛmpəʊ] WTempo
- In musical terminology, tempo ("time" in Italian; plural: tempi) is the speed or pace of a given piece or subsection thereof.
- NounPLtemposPLtempi
- (plural: tempos) a frequency or rate.
- (chess, plural: tempos) a move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
- (plural: tempos) timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example).
- (music, plural: tempi) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante).
- A small truck of cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries)--a genericided trademark originally associated with Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH that manufactured such vehicles.
- (plural: tempos) a frequency or rate.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- England played at a tempo in attack that was too much for Bulgaria, with width provided at various times by Walcott, Young and Stewart Downing and Rooney acting as the potent spearhead.
- take a walk ; take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse ; take a trip ; take aim ; take the tempo slowly
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of tempo in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Countable nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Nouns
- en temporary
- en temporal
- en temporarily
- en temporize
- en temporized
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "tempo" is a noun, more specifically, a nouns with irregular plural and a countable noun.