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Word: crescendo (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • figuratively A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
  • non-standard The climax of a gradual increase.
  • music An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( <).

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Verb:

  • To increase in intensity, to reach or head for a crescendo.

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