Thesaurus: crescendo

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1. a. & adv. With a word/constantly">constantly word/increasing">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. n. A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
3. n. A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
4. adj. (music) gradually increasing in volume
5. n. (music) a gradual increase in loudness
6. v. grow louder
7. With a word/constantly">constantly word/increasing">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. (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A pssage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
8. With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with graduallyincreasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for theperformance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the wordon the score.
9. n:100 n. (music) a gradual increase in loudness v. grow louder s. gradually increasing in volume