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ANDANTE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does andante mean? 

ANDANTE (noun)
  The noun ANDANTE has 2 senses:

1. a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace)play

2. a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slowplay

  Familiarity information: ANDANTE used as a noun is rare.


ANDANTE (adjective)
  The adjective ANDANTE has 1 sense:

1. (of tempo) moderately slowplay

  Familiarity information: ANDANTE used as an adjective is very rare.


ANDANTE (adverb)
  The adverb ANDANTE has 1 sense:

1. at a moderately slow tempoplay

  Familiarity information: ANDANTE used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANDANTE (noun)


Sense 1

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)


Sense 2

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)


ANDANTE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(of tempo) moderately slow

Similar:

slow (at a slow tempo)

Derivation:

andante (a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace))


ANDANTE (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

At a moderately slow tempo

Context example:

this passage must be played andante

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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