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to crescendo

to crescendo

1 6.3
To become gradually louder or stronger
  • verb
  • /krəˈʃɛndoʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ir en crescendo
  • It crescendos into one of Jonathon Huber's (ex-I Declare War) unique

So it's like I'm getting in and it the wave is still crescendoing.

Examples

  • To allow the text to dominate, the female part should decrescendo at the long note while the men crescendo and vice versa.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Behind him, the din of the uprising was crescendoing.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • And then we will crescendo in the final scene with both teams, everyone, everyone there inside in the warehouse.

  • Gradually, it crescendoed into a booming knock.

  • It's crescendoing.

    Jurassic World Dominion (2022)

  • [crescendoing orchestral music]

    The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided (2006)

  • It started with the advent of free markets in Chile in 1975, gained speed with the Reagan and Thatcher revolutions, took off with the Asian Tiger states, and has been crescendoing around the globe ever since.

    Blog text (32)

  • The 1997 package of reforms enabled Moi at least to paper over divisions within his own ruling KANU party, which was split between those prepared to accommodate and those who preferred to resist, crescendoing opposition demands for pre-second-election reforms.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The orchestra began to crescendo as the final movement of the symphony approached.

  • As the singers reached the climax, their voices crescendoed together in perfect harmony.

Synonyms

to build to a crescendo
vsto crescendo
1 7.1

Gradually become stronger until a high point

gradually increase in loudness or intensity without stressing a final peak

Antonyms

decrease
84 2.2

A drop in amount or number

to decrescendo
  • Specialized
7.7

To become gradually quieter

Phrasal Verbs

to build to a crescendo
1 7.1

Gradually become stronger until a high point

How Loud

to roar
98 1.0
to crescendo
  • Specialized
1 6.3
murmur
36 4.1
to whisper
586 1.0

Surface Forms

crescendo infinitive
crescendoed past
crescendoed past participle
crescendoing present participle
crescendos third person singular

Etymology

Crescendo comes from Italian and from the Latin verb crescere, which means 'to grow'. To crescendo (as a verb) is to let the sound slowly 'grow' louder, just as a crescent moon appears to get bigger.