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Collocations for tempo - noun

1. speed of an activity/event

VERB + tempo

increase, raise (esp. BrE), step up, up (esp. BrE)
We need to step up the tempo of our information campaigns.
The home side upped the tempo in the second half.
slow, slow down
vary
control, dictate, set
The Kenyan runner set the tempo from the start.

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tempo + VERB

quicken
slow
change

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PREPOSITION

tempo of
the tempo of the game

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2. speed of a piece of music

ADJECTIVE

brisk, fast, quick, upbeat
slow
moderate
waltz, etc.

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VERB + tempo

change

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tempo + NOUN

indication, markings
change, shift

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PREPOSITION

at a … tempo
They took the last movement at an unusually slow tempo.

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