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Definition of Crescendo

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

2. Verb. Grow louder. "The music crescendoes here"

3. Adjective. Gradually increasing in volume.

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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