'Crescendo' definitions:

Definition of 'crescendo'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Gradually increasing in volume
noun
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
verb
Grow louder; "The music crescendoes here" [ant: decrescendo]

Definition of 'Crescendo'

From: GCIDE
  • Crescendo \Cres*cen"do\ (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. & adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent.] (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crescendo'

From: GCIDE
  • Crescendo \Cres*cen"do\, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'crescendo'

From: GCIDE
  • increasing \increasing\ adj.
  • 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ; {multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ; {accretive ; {rising ] decreasing [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
  • Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ] [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'crescendo'

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