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noun 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. 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.
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