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uptempo

uptempo

2 4.4
Fast and lively music that makes you want to move
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌpˈtɛmpoʊ/
translation icon : rápido
  • In uptempo "Paris in the Twenties" style music, the people of Paris all sing, welcoming Anya and Dmitri, Sophie and Vlad, to Paris!
  • uptempo style
  • uptempo songs
  • uptempo music

Examples

  • The only great uptempo track is, however, "Here I Am."

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  • From midnight through two-thirty, I played uptempo rock songs for a party that I knew happened almost every week, somewhere near Philly.

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  • Otherwise, success has been rare among uptempo teams.

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  • Phoenix and its fans have watched uptempo basketball with a unique perspective of late.

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  • "Nobody can make me feel like dancing all night," she croons on the uptempo dance track.

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  • Just days after playing a 54-possession exhibition game, Michigan opted for an uptempo attack in a 71-possession shootout.

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  • For her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna embraced a new musical direction through uptempo dance tracks produced by the likes of Timbaland, will.i.am, and Sean Garrett.

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  • But I'd had high hopes for day two, looking forward to seeing Surfer Blood, an uptempo indie-rock band whose debut album I liked very much, and Real Estate, a mellower but generally likable group.

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  • There then follows a run of single-word titles: I particularly liked "Trouble," an uptempo stomper with everything going on: hot horns, rock and roll guitar, strong vocals and harmonies, and an exciting harp solo to top it.

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  • This album features several uptempo tracks that are perfect for dancing.

Synonyms

fast-paced
vsuptempo
24 3.9

Happening very quickly with a lot of action

is specific to musical fast and lively tempo rather than general quickness
allegro
vsuptempo
  • Specialized
1 8.1

At a quick, lively speed in music

describes a performance as fast and lively rather than as a written direction
presto
vsuptempo
  • Specialized
7.3

At a very fast speed in music

emphasizes both speed and lively character not only extreme speed
prestissimo
vsuptempo
  • Specialized
9.9

In music, played or sung at the fastest possible speed

describes fast lively tempo but not the absolute fastest

Antonyms

1.0

Moving or happening at a low speed

How Fast

fast
1.0
uptempo
2 4.4
brisk
27 3.2
moderate
415 3.3
slow
1.0

Surface Forms

uptempo positive

Morphology

uptempo = tempo (transparent) = up + tempo

Meaning is a straightforward combination of 'up' (increased/higher) + 'tempo' (musical speed) yielding 'fast/lively tempo'. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Uptempo comes from the parts up ('faster' or 'higher') and tempo ('speed' in music), so it describes music played at a fast, lively beat.