Meaning & use
lente
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In music, a direction to perform a passage slowly.
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The conductor marked the second movement 'lente' to signal a slower, more reflective tempo.
The pianist eased into the coda, playing lente as the piece wound down.
A note on using this word
Lente is Italian for 'slow' and belongs to the standard vocabulary of tempo markings used in Western classical sheet music.
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prestoallegro
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