cresc

noun

  1. 1

    An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.

  2. 2

    A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.

    “Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.”
  3. 3

    The climax of a gradual increase.

    “Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.”

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