crescendo

Etymology
Borrowed from, gerund of.

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.
 * 3)  The climax of a gradual increase.
 * 1)  The climax of a gradual increase.

Usage notes

 * The musical sense indicates that the figurative sense is an increase rather than the climax of the increase. The use of this word to mean the climax of an increase is nonstandard but commonplace.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: crescendo
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: クレッシェンド
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: крешендо
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: крешендо
 * Latin:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
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 * German:
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 * Korean:
 * Mandarin: ,

Verb

 * 1) To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.

Adverb

 * 1)  Gradually increasing in force or loudness.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) crescendo instruction to play gradually more loudly
 * 2)  crescendo gradual increase, especially to a dramatic climax

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  gradual increase,
 * 1)  gradual increase,

Etymology
From, gerund of.

Noun

 * 1)  crescendo
 * 1)  crescendo

Noun

 * 1)   music to be play gradually more loudly

Verb

 * 1) ; "growing"

Etymology
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
{{es-pr|creshendo}, {es-pr|crechendo}}