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crescendo (iou)



crescendo adverb, adjective, noun, & verb. L18.
[Italian, pres. pple of crescere to increase from Latin crescere grow.]
A. adverb & adjective. Music. (A direction:) with a gradual increase in loudness. L18.
B. noun. Pl. -dos, -di [-di].
Music. A gradual increase in loudness; a passage (to be) played or sung with such an increase. L18.
A progressive increase in force or effect; a progress towards a climax. L18.
J. B. Priestley The shock..coming at the end of a long crescendo of excitement, cut the last binding thread of self-control.
A climax. E20.
P. G. Wodehouse The babble at the bar had risen to a sudden crescendo.
C. verb intrans. Increase gradually in loudness or intensity. E20.