crescendo

Noun · Verb · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (music) a gradual increase in loudness

Verb (1)

  1. grow louder“The music crescendoes here”

Adjective (1)

  1. gradually increasing in volume
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Crescendo \Cres*cen"do\ (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. & adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent.] (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Crescendo \Cres*cen"do\, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone. [1913 Webster]
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