crescendo

Noun · Verb · Adjective
US[krih-shen-doh]/krɪˈʃɛndoʊ/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)crescendi

  1. (music) a gradual increase in loudnessType of volume, loudnessKinds swell

Adjective (1)

  1. (music) gradually increasing in volumeOpposite decreasingSimilar increasing

Verb (1)

  1. grow louder“The music crescendoes here”Opposite decrescendoMore general increase
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cres·cen′do (kr?s-s?n′d?; It. kr?-sh?n′d?), adjective & adverb

Origin: It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent.

Music 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.

Cres·cen′do noun

Music (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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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