tempo
US: /ˈtɛmˌpoʊ/
UK: /tˈɛmpəʊ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
tempo /'tempou/- danh từ, số nhiều tempos, tempi
- (âm nhạc) độ nhanh
- nhịp, nhịp độ
- at a quick tempo: với nhịp độ nhanh
Advanced English dictionary
1 the speed or rhythm of a piece of music: a slow / fast tempo + It's a difficult piece, with numerous changes of tempo.2 the speed of any movement or activity
Synonym: PACE
the increasing tempo of life in Western society + Don't let the other team dictate the tempo of the game.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
cadence, rhythm, beat, time, pulse, metre, measure; pace, speed, rate:
The melody should be played in waltz tempo. Living in the country, Tom is unaccustomed to the tempo of big-city life.
Collocation
1 speed of an activity/event
ADJ.
increasing
VERB + TEMPO
increase, raise, step up
United stepped up the tempo in the second half.
| slow (down)
TEMPO + VERB
quicken | slacken | change
PHRASES
the tempo of life
They soon adapted to the tempo of life on the island.
2 speed of a piece of music
ADJ.
fast, quick | slow | moderate | waltz, etc.
VERB + TEMPO
change
TEMPO + NOUN
indications, markings
PREP.
at a … ~
They took the last movement at an unusually slow tempo.
Concise dictionary
tempi|tempos'tempəʊnoun
+(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
+the rate of some repeating event
