Thesaurus: stretto

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1. n. The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue.
2. n. In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.
3. (a) The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue. (b) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time. [Written also stretta.]
4. n. The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue. n. In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.