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LARGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does largo mean?
• LARGO (noun)
The noun LARGO has 1 sense:
1. (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
Familiarity information: LARGO used as a noun is very rare.
• LARGO (adjective)
The adjective LARGO has 1 sense:
1. very slow in tempo and broad in manner
Familiarity information: LARGO used as an adjective is very rare.
• LARGO (adverb)
The adverb LARGO has 1 sense:
1. slowly and broadly
Familiarity information: LARGO used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("largo" 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)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
largo (very slow in tempo and broad in manner)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very slow in tempo and broad in manner
Similar:
slow (at a slow tempo)
Derivation:
largo ((music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slowly and broadly
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Pertainym:
largo (very slow in tempo and broad in manner)
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