ALLEGRO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allegro mean? 

• ALLEGRO (noun)
  The noun ALLEGRO has 2 senses:

1. a brisk and lively tempo

2. a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner

  Familiarity information: ALLEGRO used as a noun is rare.

• ALLEGRO (adjective)
  The adjective ALLEGRO has 1 sense:

1. (of tempo) fast

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

• ALLEGRO (adverb)
  The adverb ALLEGRO has 1 sense:

1. in a quick and lively tempo

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLEGRO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brisk and lively tempo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("allegro" is a kind of...):

pacing; tempo ((music) the speed at which a composition is to be played)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allegro"):

allegro con spirito (lively with spirit)

Derivation:

allegro ((of tempo) fast)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("allegro" 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)

Derivation:

allegro ((of tempo) fast)

• ALLEGRO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of tempo) fast

Similar:

fast (at a rapid tempo)

Derivation:

allegro (a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner)

allegro (a brisk and lively tempo)

• ALLEGRO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a quick and lively tempo

Context example:

play this section allegro

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Pertainym:

allegro ((of tempo) fast)