Definition of crescendos Crescendos
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What does crescendos mean?
Wiktionary 
- crescendos (Noun)
Plural of crescendo.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: crescendoes |
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| crescendo - (music) a gradual increase in loudness | ||
| loudness, intensity, volume high level or degree; the property of being intense | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
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| crescendo - grow louder; "The music crescendoes here" | ||
| decrescendo grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here" | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
Adjective |
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| crescendo - gradually increasing in volume | ||
| increasing becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices" | ||
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Wiktionary
- crescendo (Noun)
An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left <. - crescendo (Noun)
A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax. - crescendo (Noun)
The climax of a gradual increase. - crescendo (Verb)
To increase in intensity, to reach or head for a crescendo.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crescendo (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. - crescendo (n.)
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. - crescendo (n.)
A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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crescendo
In music, a progressive increase in loudness.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crescendo
kres-en′dō, adv. (mus.) gradually increasing in force or loudness.—n. a passage marked by this.—Often cres., cresc., or
Part of speech
🔤- crescendo, verb, present, 1st person singular of crescendo (infinitive).
- crescendo, verb (infinitive).
- crescendo, noun, singular of crescendos / crescendi / crescendoes.
