Crescendo - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|krəˈʃendəʊ|
Brit.
|krɪˈʃendəʊ|
noun
- (music) a gradual increase in loudness
verb
- grow louder
The music crescendoes here
adjective
- (music) gradually increasing in volume
Extra examples
The noise rose to a crescendo.
...their divorce was merely the formal crescendo of a long period of marital stress and estrangement...
The shouting rose to a deafening crescendo.
The curtains opened as the music reached a crescendo.
The campaign reached its crescendo in the week of the election.
The music crescendoes here
The music swelled to a crescendo
Word forms
noun
singular: crescendo
plural: crescendos
singular: crescendo
plural: crescendos
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