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ANDANTE
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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)
2. a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow
Familiarity information: ANDANTE used as a noun is rare.
• ANDANTE (adjective)
The adjective ANDANTE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ANDANTE used as an adjective is very rare.
• ANDANTE (adverb)
The adverb ANDANTE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ANDANTE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of tempo) moderately slow
Similar:
slow (at a slow tempo)
Derivation:
andante (a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace))
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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