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CRESCENDO
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Irregular inflected form: crescendi
I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("crescendo" is a kind of...):
intensity; loudness; volume (the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction))
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crescendo"):
swell (a crescendo followed by a decrescendo)
Derivation:
crescendo (grow louder)
crescendo ((music) gradually increasing in volume)
II. (adjective)
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Meaning:
(music) gradually increasing in volume
Classified under:
Similar:
increasing ((music) increasing in tempo and/or volume)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
crescendo ((music) a gradual increase in loudness)
III. (verb)
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Meaning:
Grow louder
Example:
The music crescendoes here
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "crescendo" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
decrescendo (grow quieter)
Derivation:
crescendo ((music) a gradual increase in loudness)
