Sekirov Dictionary

crescendo

UK /kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/US /kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/

noun 3
adverb 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun3

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An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
- As he came into the window / It was the sound of a crescendo — 1987
•
(nonstandard, figurative) The climax of a gradual increase.
- Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.
•
(figurative) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
- Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.

adverb1

Gradually increasing in force or loudness.

verb1

•
To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
- The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.

forms

crescendoed · crescendoing · crescendoes · crescendos · crescendi

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