Definitions for TEMPO

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TEMPO tem·po

Spelling: [tem-poh]

IPA: /ˈtɛm poʊ/

Tempo is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in TEMPO (emopt).

Definitions for TEMPO

noun

1. Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
2. characteristic rate, rhythm, or pattern of work or activity:
3. Chess. the gaining or losing of time and effectiveness relative to one's continued mobility or developing position, especially with respect to the number of moves required to gain an objective:

adverb

1. resuming the speed obtained preceding ritardando or accelerando.

Origin of TEMPO

1680-90; Italian Latin tempus time

Examples for TEMPO

He speaks of three kinds of tempo—lively, moderate and slow.

Now, with the campaign over, President Obama must set the tempo for a second term.

With Bachmann hanging back, Romney seized control of the tempo in what may have been his strongest performance so far.

He and his baton are your friends and are giving you your tempo.

The ticking did not change its tempo until she came to her waist.

Crisis, pause, crisis, pause: this has been the tempo of North Korean behavior since the end of the Cold War.

And outside that foul transparent pit the tempo quickened also.

Rather it is the time to increase the size and tempo of guerrilla attacks even through the coming, bitterly cold Afghan winter.

tempo: Adagio lamentoso, with occasionally a rise to andante maesto.

At the same time, it has escalated the tempo of aerial bombardment and resumed its scorched earth campaign against civilians.