crescendo

cres·cen·do

C0741600 (krə-shĕn′dō)n. pl. cres·cen·dos or cres·cen·di (-dē) 1. Abbr. cr. Music a. A gradual increase in the volume or intensity of sound in a passage.b. A passage played with a gradual increase in volume or intensity.2. a. A steady increase in intensity or force: "insisted [that] all paragraphs ... should be structured as a crescendo rising to a climactic last sentence" (Henry A. Kissinger).b. Usage Problem The climactic point or moment after such a progression: "The attacks ... began in December ... and reached a crescendo during [the president's] September visit" (Foreign Affairs).adj. Gradually increasing in volume, force, or intensity.adv. Music With a crescendo.intr.v. cres·cen·doed, cres·cen·do·ing, cres·cen·does To build up to or reach a point of great intensity, force, or volume: "The designer-name craze crescendoed in the mid-seventies" (Bernice Kanner).

[Italian, present participle of crescere, to increase, from Latin crēscere; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Crescendo is sometimes used to refer to a climax or peak, as in noise level, rather than an increase. The Usage Panel has mixed feelings about this usage, though the evidence suggests that acceptance of it is slowly increasing. In our 1988 survey, 55 percent of the Usage Panel rejected it in the sentence When the guard sank a three-pointer to tie the game, the noise of the crowd reached a crescendo. In 2006, 55 percent accepted this same sentence.

crescendo

(krɪˈʃɛndəʊ) n, pl -dos or -di (-dɪ) 1. (Music, other) music a. a gradual increase in loudness or the musical direction or symbol indicating this. Abbreviation: cresc or ≺ (written over the music affected)b. (as modifier): a crescendo passage. 2. a gradual increase in loudness or intensity: the rising crescendo of a song. 3. a peak of noise or intensity: the cheers reached a crescendo. vb, -does, -doing or -doed (intr) to increase in loudness or forceadv (Music, other) with a crescendo[C18: from Italian, literally: increasing, from crescere to grow, from Latin]

cre•scen•do

(krɪˈʃɛn doʊ, -ˈsɛn doʊ)

n., pl. -dos, -di (-dē), n. 1. a. a gradual increase in loudness. b. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. 2. a steady increase in force or intensity. 3. the climactic point in such an increase; peak. adj., adv. 4. gradually increasing in force, volume, or loudness (opposed to decrescendo or diminuendo). v.i. 5. to grow in force or loudness. [1770–80; < Italian: literally, growing < Latin crēscendum, ger. of crēscere to grow]

crescendo

- Often mistakenly used to mean "reaching a pinnacle" when, in fact, it should be used only to describe a gradual increase in intensity or volume.See also related terms for intensity.

crescendo

Past participle: crescendoed
Gerund: crescendoing

Imperative
crescendo
crescendo

Present
I crescendo
you crescendo
he/she/it crescendoes
we crescendo
you crescendo
they crescendo

Preterite
I crescendoed
you crescendoed
he/she/it crescendoed
we crescendoed
you crescendoed
they crescendoed

Present Continuous
I am crescendoing
you are crescendoing
he/she/it is crescendoing
we are crescendoing
you are crescendoing
they are crescendoing

Present Perfect
I have crescendoed
you have crescendoed
he/she/it has crescendoed
we have crescendoed
you have crescendoed
they have crescendoed

Past Continuous
I was crescendoing
you were crescendoing
he/she/it was crescendoing
we were crescendoing
you were crescendoing
they were crescendoing

Past Perfect
I had crescendoed
you had crescendoed
he/she/it had crescendoed
we had crescendoed
you had crescendoed
they had crescendoed

Future
I will crescendo
you will crescendo
he/she/it will crescendo
we will crescendo
you will crescendo
they will crescendo

Future Perfect
I will have crescendoed
you will have crescendoed
he/she/it will have crescendoed
we will have crescendoed
you will have crescendoed
they will have crescendoed

Future Continuous
I will be crescendoing
you will be crescendoing
he/she/it will be crescendoing
we will be crescendoing
you will be crescendoing
they will be crescendoing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crescendoing
you have been crescendoing
he/she/it has been crescendoing
we have been crescendoing
you have been crescendoing
they have been crescendoing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crescendoing
you will have been crescendoing
he/she/it will have been crescendoing
we will have been crescendoing
you will have been crescendoing
they will have been crescendoing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crescendoing
you had been crescendoing
he/she/it had been crescendoing
we had been crescendoing
you had been crescendoing
they had been crescendoing

Conditional
I would crescendo
you would crescendo
he/she/it would crescendo
we would crescendo
you would crescendo
they would crescendo

Past Conditional
I would have crescendoed
you would have crescendoed
he/she/it would have crescendoed
we would have crescendoed
you would have crescendoed
they would have crescendoed

crescendo

increase volume gradually

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crescendo - (music) a gradual increase in loudnessloudness, intensity, volume - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"swell - a crescendo followed by a decrescendomusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Verb	1.	crescendo - grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"decrescendo - grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"
Adj.	1.	crescendo - gradually increasing in volumeincreasing - music

Translations

渐强

crescendo

(kriˈʃendəu) – plural cresˈcendos – noun (especially in music) a gradual and continuous increase in loudness. （音乐）渐强

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Antonyms for crescendo

noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness

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verb grow louder

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Antonyms

adj gradually increasing in volume

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