Crescendo

Noun



 * 1)  An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ).
 * 2)  A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
 * Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.
 * 1)  The climax of a gradual increase.
 * Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.

Antonyms

 * decrescendo, diminuendo
 * climax, conclusion

Verb

 * 1) To increase in intensity, to reach or head for a crescendo.
 * The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.

Adjectives
rending; sudden; deafening; wild; gradual; muffled.

Thesaurus
a cappella, abbandono, access, accession, accrescendo, accretion, accrual, accrue, accruement, accumulate, accumulation, acme, adagietto, adagio, add to, addition, adjunct, advance, affettuoso, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, ampliation, amplification, amplify, andante, andantino, apex, apogee, appassionatamente, appassionato, appreciate, appreciation, ascent, augment, augmentation, awake the dead, balloon, ballooning, blast, blast the ear, bloat, bloating, blow up, boom, boost, breed, brillante, broaden, broadening, build, build up, buildup, bulk, bulk out, capriccioso, capstone, climax, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crash, crest, culmen, culmination, deafen, decrescendo, deployment, develop, development, dilate, diminuendo, din, dispersion, distend, dolce, edema, elevation, enlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, extend, extension, fanning out, fill out, fill the air, flare, flood, forte, fortissimo, fullness, gain, gain strength, get ahead, go up, greaten, greatening, grow, growth, gush, hike, hike up, hiking, huff, increase, increment, inflate, inflation, intensify, intensity, jump, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, leap, legato, leggiero, loudishness, loudness, magnification, magnify, marcando, meridian, morendo, mount, mounting, multiplication, multiply, parlando, peak, peal, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, productiveness, proliferate, proliferation, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, raising, rallentando, rarefy, rattle the windows, rend the air, rend the ears, resound, ring, rise, ritardando, ritenuto, rock the sky, run up, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, shoot up, snowball, snowballing, sonority, sonorousness, sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, splay, split the eardrums, split the ears, spread, spreading, staccato, startle the echoes, strengthen, stretch, stretto, stun, sufflate, surge, surge of sound, swell, swelling, thunder, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, tumefy, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, volume, wax, waxing, widen, widening

Alternative forms

 * cresc.

Etymology
crescendo:, gerund of crescere:

Noun

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 * Russian: крещендо, крешендо
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 * Spanish:


 * : 渐强 /  漸強 (jianqiang)
 * : Crescendo
 * : קרשנדו
 * : クレシェンド (kureshendo)


 * : 점강음 (jeomgangeum)

Noun

 * 1)  crescendo

Etymology
From crescendum:, gerund of cresco:

Verb
crescendo


 * 1) (gerund of crescere) growing, increasing

Noun

 * 1)  crescendo
 * 2)  crescendo

Descendants

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Noun
crescendo


 * 1)  crescendo