tempo
[noun]
Synonyms: pace, time

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Related Words: speed, momentum

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tem‧po /ˈtempəʊ $ -poʊ/ noun (plural tempos) [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: 'time', from Latin tempus]

1. the speed at which music is played or should be played

2. the speed at which something happens:
the easy tempo of island life

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

tempo
noun
I. 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.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tempo
II. 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.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲