Allegro

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Allegro \Al*le"gro\, a. [It., merry, gay, fr. L. alacer lively.
     Cf. {Aleger}.] (Mus.)
     Brisk, lively. -- n. An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly
     strain or piece.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  allegro
       adj : (of tempo) fast
       n 1: a brisk and lively tempo
       2: a musical composition or passage performed quickly in a
          brisk lively manner
       adv : in a quick and lively tempo; "play this section allegro"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "allegro":
     accelerando, actively, adagietto, adagio, affrettando, all out,
     allegretto, andante, andantino, animatedly, breezily, briskly,
     con anima, con brio, crescendo, decrescendo, desto, diminuendo,
     energetically, forte, fortissimo, full tilt, in full swing,
     larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, lively, marcando, moderato,
     pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, rallentando,
     ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, spiccato, spiritedly,
     sprightly, staccato, stretto, veloce, vivace, vivaciously,
     vivacissimo
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Allegro
       
           The code name for the major {Mac OS}
          release due in mid-1998.
       
         
       {(http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/informed/appledirections/mar97/roadmap.html)}.
       
          (1997-10-15)