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Definition of Crescendo
1. Noun. (music) a gradual increase in loudness.
Generic synonyms: Intensity, Loudness, Volume
Specialized synonyms: Swell
Category relationships: Music
Specialized synonyms: Swell
Category relationships: Music
2. Verb. Grow louder. "The music crescendoes here"
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]