Tempo

Quick meaning: Tempo is a noun meaning A frequency or rate.

Meaning

A frequency or rate.

More Meanings

1. (bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
2. The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation.
3. (cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
4. (music) 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)
5. A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries).
6. (American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.
7. (chess) 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 (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.

Example Sentences

the tempo effect in fertility measurements

The song has a slow tempo that makes it relaxing.

The conductor asked the orchestra to increase the tempo.

The dancer kept pace with the shifting tempo of the music.

Word Forms

• tempos
• tempi

Synonyms for tempo

Depending on context, synonyms include pace, pacing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pacing, pace, tone, rhythm, frequency, timing.

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