tempo

• acceleration
• alacrity
• celerity
• clip
• dispatch
• drive
• expedition
• expeditiousness
• fastness
• fleetness
• gait
• haste
• hastiness
• hurry
• hustle
• pace
• precipitation
• precipitousness
• promptitude
• promptness
• quickness
• rapidity
• rapidness
• rate
• rush
• speed
• speediness
• swiftness
• velocity
• warp speed

• deliberateness
• deliberation
• dilatoriness
• languidness
• languor
• lateness
• leisureliness
• lethargy
• pokiness
• procrastination
• reluctance
• slowness
• sluggishness
• torpidity
• torpor

• noun
  1. A frequency or rate.
  2. 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 for him (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.
  3. The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
  4. The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example).
  5. 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).
  6. The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
  7. A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal

• The conductor raised his baton to signal a faster tempo.
• She practiced the piece at a slower tempo to perfect her technique.
• The tempo of the song shifted dramatically during the chorus.
• Runners kept a steady tempo throughout the marathon.
• The guitarist struggled to maintain the correct tempo during rehearsal.

cadence

cadences

gait

pace

year

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