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Crescendo
/kɹəˈʃɛn.dəʊ/
An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
📖 Definitions of "Crescendo"
noun
- 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
A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
"Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo."
- 3
The climax of a gradual increase.
"Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo."
verb
- 1
To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
"The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent."
adverb
- 1
Gradually increasing in force or loudness.
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