Definitions for tempos

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tempos tem·po

Spelling: [tem-poh]

IPA: /ˈtɛm poʊ/

Tempos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in tempos (emopst).

Definitions for tempos

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 tempos

1680-90; Italian Latin tempus time

Examples for tempos

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

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

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

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

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

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

And outside that foul transparent pit the tempo quickened also.

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

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

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