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OPTEMPO

OPTEMPO noun: clipped compound of operations tempo.

Noun

OPTEMPO (uncountable)

  1. (US) Clipped compound of operations tempo.
    • “The air defense, artillery community is the most stressed. They have the highest ‘optempo’ really of any part of the Army,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said, using a phrase meaning the pace of operations.2024 October 14, Lolita C. Baldor, quoting Christine Wormuth, “Sending a THAAD air defense system to Israel adds to strain on US Army forces”, in AP News

Forms of OPTEMPO

alternative formoptempo

Questions about OPTEMPO

What does OPTEMPO mean?
OPTEMPO means clipped compound of operations tempo.
What part of speech is OPTEMPO?
OPTEMPO is a noun.

Words near OPTEMPO in the dictionary

  1. optatively
  2. optatives
  3. opted
  4. opted in
  5. opted out
  6. OPTEMPO
  7. opter
  8. opters
  9. opthaldehyde
  10. opthalmic
  11. opthalmologist

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