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Meaning of 'crescendo' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crescendo [ a. & adv.]
- With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.
2 . Crescendo [ n.]
- A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
- A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Meaning of 'crescendo' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crescendo [ v]
Meaning (1):
- grow louder
Example in sentence:
  • The music crescendoes here

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