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ANDANTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("andante" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A moderately slow tempo (a walking pace)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("andante" is a kind of...):
pacing; tempo ((music) the speed at which a composition is to be played)
Derivation:
andante ((of tempo) moderately slow)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of tempo) moderately slow
Classified under:
Similar:
slow (at a slow tempo)
Derivation:
andante (a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace))
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At a moderately slow tempo
Example:
this passage must be played andante
Classified under:
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Pertainym:
andante ((of tempo) moderately slow)
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