Definition of Crescendo

1. Noun. (music) a gradual increase in loudness.

Generic synonyms: Intensity, Loudness, Volume
Specialized synonyms: Swell
Category relationships: Music

2. Verb. Grow louder. "The music crescendoes here"
Generic synonyms: Increase
Antonyms: Decrescendo

3. Adjective. Gradually increasing in volume.
Similar to: Increasing

Definition of Crescendo

1. a. & adv. With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

2. n. A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.

Definition of Crescendo

1. [n -DOS or -DOES or -DI] / [v -DOED, -DOING, -DOS or -DOES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crescendo

crepitations
crepitation rale
crepitus
crepitus
crepon
crepons
crept
crepuscle
crepuscles
crepuscular
crepuscular
crepuscule
crepuscules
crepy
crescendi
crescendo (current term)
crescendoed
crescendoes
crescendoing
crescendos
crescendo angina
crescendo murmur
crescendo sleep
crescent
crescent
crescent(a)
crescent-cell anaemia
crescent-cell anemia
crescent-shaped
Crescentia

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