Definition of crescendo in English:

crescendo

noun krɪˈʃɛndəʊkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊ

1Music
A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.
each time the key changes, there is a gradual crescendo
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, it had more of a gradual crescendo, a spirit to it that demanded a faster movement.
- As Sora walked further down the hall, the redhead's sensitive ears picked up a gradual crescendo of a beautifully played piano.
- The music rose in a whirling crescendo as the tempo got faster.
- The second is a three-part lullaby and the finale a moto perpetuo in gradual crescendo.
- Each piece has multiple tension points and crescendos to keep your ear engaged for a hard listen, but it honestly works best as background music.
1. 1.1 A passage of music marked or performed with a crescendo.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The musical phraseology was convincing, and the crescendos and decrescendos were accurately measured and performed.
  As crescendo after crescendo uplifts the piece, the group becomes more and more abrasive and unforgiving.
  The final crescendo was stunningly articulated!
  I was dissatisfied with my execution of the crescendos and decrescendos in the ‘A Section’ of the work's scherzo movement.
2. 1.2 The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.
  the port engine revs rose to a crescendo
  Example sentencesExamples
  The piano music rose to a crescendo, the pianist pounding on the keys so loudly Jane covered her ears.
  Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo.
  The background music swells to a crescendo of heavenly orchestration in a moment intended to make audiences feel proud.
  The music hit a crescendo as the dancers beneath the brightly lit lanterns increased the momentum of the dance.
  The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic, and with the roof closed, and the sound reaching a crescendo, it made the hairs on my neck stand up.
  The applause rose to a crescendo when four white doves were freed and flew into the night sky.
  The music reaches a crescendo, and their eyes meet.
  They had scrambled almost back to the road as the band's cacophony rose to a crescendo.
  Cicadas start to shrill, building to a crescendo that threatens to rupture eardrums.
  The two embraced as the applause grew to a crescendo.
  She began cursing with bitter vehemence and knocked the remaining pots around to a crescendo of reverberating noise.
  It breaks and builds to a crescendo, the classic flute section floating over the top.
  Each song starts slowly then builds up to a crescendo.
  It began as an almost pleasant noise, but then grew to a crescendo.
  Excited chattering rose to a crescendo in the auditorium as the sound of the fast-moving convoy fell upon the ears of those at the back of the crowd.
  A great babble of voices all rose to a crescendo of sound that could only be the prelude to panic.
  As the engine races to a crescendo, we head off along what appears to be a new-mown field, then just as it dawns on me that this is the airstrip, we are airborne.
  The shouting grew louder and to a crescendo as a door opened.
  Comedy sound effects come to a crescendo as the abused machine finally collapses in a heap of scrap metal.
  Soon the wind rose to a crescendo as it tore through trees and over roof tops.
2A progressive increase in intensity.
a crescendo of misery
Example sentencesExamples
- What followed was a rising crescendo in which he saw glorious opportunities for the future, the future in particular of left-of-centre politics.
- It was a fitting crescendo to a remarkable exhibition.
- They believe that if you try hard enough there's a steady crescendo of improvement and your fate is in your own hands.
- I think both clubs felt it worked very well but that should not build into a crescendo of rumours that the rugby club are moving in with us.
- Although many speakers struck bland notes individually, together these became a crescendo of shared concern.
- His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition.
- That crescendo builds up, you are on your own and think you have to do something.
1. 2.1 The most intense point reached.
  the hysteria reached a crescendo around the spring festival
  Example sentencesExamples
  These ideas come to a crescendo in the book's final collection of essays.
  All this is happening all at the same time, and it's all working up to a crescendo where there is going to be a sudden shift.
  As the vocal chords stretched, the cheering reached a crescendo.
  His eyes widened as the pain reached a crescendo.
  The sudden ending, while building up to a crescendo, leaves you thinking, ‘What if?’
  As minutes ticked by, excitement reached a crescendo.
  They talk about how you build up your script to a crescendo, how you develop subplots, and all sorts of other mechanical rules.
  In early April, this propaganda campaign reached a crescendo.
  This is bad news for a company which depends so highly on retail sales which should rise to a crescendo in the run-up to Christmas.
  Occasionally, when he's reaching the crescendo of his argument, he runs off to grab a placard and brandishes it to drive home his point.
  The sandstorm hit us that day and built to a crescendo during the next day.
  But the excitement reached a crescendo when the dance floor was thrown open.
  After Augustine had become a bishop, the theme of man's absolute need for grace rose to a crescendo.
  This kind of criticism reached a crescendo in the summer of 1862.
  It was during this time that the lobbying reached a crescendo, and it paid off.
  The reasons did come to a crescendo in the end and referred to discretion.
  The careful selection and placement of each noise and voice ensures that as each amplifies the other, they remain distinct, and build to a crescendo of emotion.
  The storm reached a crescendo as they crossed the stream, Plum Run.
  Anti-immigrant propaganda has reached a crescendo over the past month, as both parties compete to prove they are harsher on immigration.
  Synonyms
  peak, pinnacle, height, high point, highest point, summit, top

adverb & adjectivekrɪˈʃɛndəʊ

Music

With a gradual increase in loudness.
as adjective a short crescendo kettledrum roll
Example sentencesExamples
- Reversing the crescendo pattern used by so many instrumental bands, the song begins with booming drums and layers of distorted bass, high-end guitars, and uplifting piano.
- Each goal is honoured with the crescendo beat of drums and the noise is increased by the cheers of the successful party.

verbcrescendoed, crescendoes, crescendoingkrɪˈʃɛndəʊkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊ

[no object]

Increase in loudness or intensity.
the reluctant cheers began to crescendo
Example sentencesExamples
- The drums boomed, the bass often got lost in the mix under dueling guitars, and the dueling guitars crescendoed.
- This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly.
- Soon, the faint pitter-patter crescendoed into the staccato of heavy drops falling on Heinrich's poncho.
- It's also there in the way he ends notes in the verses, crescendoing and pitching up and then choking them off suddenly, cutting the sound short.
- The drumming of his fingers matched the rain in a crescendoing concerto.
- Her voice started low, hardly audible, but slowly crescendoed as the temperature of the room dropped.
- It crescendoed and tipped off at an intensely sharp note.
- More laughter from the audience, which crescendoed as Kelly began actually discussing the things, in terms of their visual history and morphology.
- When motorized sounds roared and heavy gunfire crescendoed, he ran, so I ran too.
- The advisor started chuckling softly to himself, and it grew and crescendoed into the same maniacal laughter that was coming out of the priestess's mouth far away.
- She heard voices crescendo until the words were finally understandable.
- Jonas's voice crescendoed steadily with every word.
- As the music evolved, each harmonic would crescendo but no harmonic would crescendo any louder than another.
- My voice crescendoed into a yell slowly throughout my speech, bringing up memories of events that I'd overcome.
- Murmuring broke out and crescendoed into pandemonium.
- We waited a few seconds in silence, before we heard rhythmic footsteps crescendoing as a dim, short outline approached the door.
- The song crescendoed, and they both closed their eyes.
- His voice, at first, had been soft but soon crescendoed into a bellow.
- A chorus of male voices rose above the din, crescendoing, singing ‘Jezebel’ in ringing tones that deafened the room with awe.
- The horse's gait changed to a gallop, and the muffled rhythm of the hoof beats crescendoed until they were uncannily loud and hollow.

Origin

Late 18th century: Italian, present participle of crescere 'to increase', from Latin crescere 'grow'.

Rhymes

diminuendo, innuendo, kendo

Definition of crescendo in US English:

crescendo

nounkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊkrəˈSHenˌdō

Music

1A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.
Example sentencesExamples
- Each piece has multiple tension points and crescendos to keep your ear engaged for a hard listen, but it honestly works best as background music.
- The second is a three-part lullaby and the finale a moto perpetuo in gradual crescendo.
- The music rose in a whirling crescendo as the tempo got faster.
- As Sora walked further down the hall, the redhead's sensitive ears picked up a gradual crescendo of a beautifully played piano.
- Instead, it had more of a gradual crescendo, a spirit to it that demanded a faster movement.
1. 1.1 A passage of music marked to be performed with a gradual increase of loudness.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The musical phraseology was convincing, and the crescendos and decrescendos were accurately measured and performed.
  As crescendo after crescendo uplifts the piece, the group becomes more and more abrasive and unforgiving.
  The final crescendo was stunningly articulated!
  I was dissatisfied with my execution of the crescendos and decrescendos in the ‘A Section’ of the work's scherzo movement.
2. 1.2 The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.
  Debra's voice was rising to a crescendo
  Example sentencesExamples
  The music hit a crescendo as the dancers beneath the brightly lit lanterns increased the momentum of the dance.
  It breaks and builds to a crescendo, the classic flute section floating over the top.
  The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic, and with the roof closed, and the sound reaching a crescendo, it made the hairs on my neck stand up.
  Each song starts slowly then builds up to a crescendo.
  Comedy sound effects come to a crescendo as the abused machine finally collapses in a heap of scrap metal.
  The background music swells to a crescendo of heavenly orchestration in a moment intended to make audiences feel proud.
  As the engine races to a crescendo, we head off along what appears to be a new-mown field, then just as it dawns on me that this is the airstrip, we are airborne.
  The piano music rose to a crescendo, the pianist pounding on the keys so loudly Jane covered her ears.
  The shouting grew louder and to a crescendo as a door opened.
  Excited chattering rose to a crescendo in the auditorium as the sound of the fast-moving convoy fell upon the ears of those at the back of the crowd.
  A great babble of voices all rose to a crescendo of sound that could only be the prelude to panic.
  The music reaches a crescendo, and their eyes meet.
  She began cursing with bitter vehemence and knocked the remaining pots around to a crescendo of reverberating noise.
  It began as an almost pleasant noise, but then grew to a crescendo.
  Soon the wind rose to a crescendo as it tore through trees and over roof tops.
  Cicadas start to shrill, building to a crescendo that threatens to rupture eardrums.
  The applause rose to a crescendo when four white doves were freed and flew into the night sky.
  Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo.
  They had scrambled almost back to the road as the band's cacophony rose to a crescendo.
  The two embraced as the applause grew to a crescendo.
3. 1.3 A progressive increase in force or intensity.
  a crescendo of misery
  Example sentencesExamples
  Although many speakers struck bland notes individually, together these became a crescendo of shared concern.
  His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition.
  I think both clubs felt it worked very well but that should not build into a crescendo of rumours that the rugby club are moving in with us.
  It was a fitting crescendo to a remarkable exhibition.
  What followed was a rising crescendo in which he saw glorious opportunities for the future, the future in particular of left-of-centre politics.
  They believe that if you try hard enough there's a steady crescendo of improvement and your fate is in your own hands.
  That crescendo builds up, you are on your own and think you have to do something.
4. 1.4 The most intense point reached in this; a climax.
  the negative reviews reached a crescendo in mid-February
  Example sentencesExamples
  They talk about how you build up your script to a crescendo, how you develop subplots, and all sorts of other mechanical rules.
  This kind of criticism reached a crescendo in the summer of 1862.
  As minutes ticked by, excitement reached a crescendo.
  This is bad news for a company which depends so highly on retail sales which should rise to a crescendo in the run-up to Christmas.
  Anti-immigrant propaganda has reached a crescendo over the past month, as both parties compete to prove they are harsher on immigration.
  It was during this time that the lobbying reached a crescendo, and it paid off.
  The careful selection and placement of each noise and voice ensures that as each amplifies the other, they remain distinct, and build to a crescendo of emotion.
  These ideas come to a crescendo in the book's final collection of essays.
  Occasionally, when he's reaching the crescendo of his argument, he runs off to grab a placard and brandishes it to drive home his point.
  After Augustine had become a bishop, the theme of man's absolute need for grace rose to a crescendo.
  The sandstorm hit us that day and built to a crescendo during the next day.
  In early April, this propaganda campaign reached a crescendo.
  The sudden ending, while building up to a crescendo, leaves you thinking, ‘What if?’
  All this is happening all at the same time, and it's all working up to a crescendo where there is going to be a sudden shift.
  As the vocal chords stretched, the cheering reached a crescendo.
  But the excitement reached a crescendo when the dance floor was thrown open.
  His eyes widened as the pain reached a crescendo.
  The reasons did come to a crescendo in the end and referred to discretion.
  The storm reached a crescendo as they crossed the stream, Plum Run.
  Synonyms
  peak, pinnacle, height, high point, highest point, summit, top

adjective & adverbkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊkrəˈSHenˌdō

Music

With a gradual increase in loudness.
as adjective a short crescendo kettledrum roll
Example sentencesExamples
- Reversing the crescendo pattern used by so many instrumental bands, the song begins with booming drums and layers of distorted bass, high-end guitars, and uplifting piano.
- Each goal is honoured with the crescendo beat of drums and the noise is increased by the cheers of the successful party.

verbkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊkrəˈSHenˌdō

[no object]

Increase in loudness or intensity.
the reluctant cheers began to crescendo
Example sentencesExamples
- A chorus of male voices rose above the din, crescendoing, singing ‘Jezebel’ in ringing tones that deafened the room with awe.
- It crescendoed and tipped off at an intensely sharp note.
- When motorized sounds roared and heavy gunfire crescendoed, he ran, so I ran too.
- As the music evolved, each harmonic would crescendo but no harmonic would crescendo any louder than another.
- The drumming of his fingers matched the rain in a crescendoing concerto.
- Soon, the faint pitter-patter crescendoed into the staccato of heavy drops falling on Heinrich's poncho.
- The horse's gait changed to a gallop, and the muffled rhythm of the hoof beats crescendoed until they were uncannily loud and hollow.
- She heard voices crescendo until the words were finally understandable.
- Jonas's voice crescendoed steadily with every word.
- My voice crescendoed into a yell slowly throughout my speech, bringing up memories of events that I'd overcome.
- Her voice started low, hardly audible, but slowly crescendoed as the temperature of the room dropped.
- More laughter from the audience, which crescendoed as Kelly began actually discussing the things, in terms of their visual history and morphology.
- This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly.
- Murmuring broke out and crescendoed into pandemonium.
- It's also there in the way he ends notes in the verses, crescendoing and pitching up and then choking them off suddenly, cutting the sound short.
- The advisor started chuckling softly to himself, and it grew and crescendoed into the same maniacal laughter that was coming out of the priestess's mouth far away.
- The drums boomed, the bass often got lost in the mix under dueling guitars, and the dueling guitars crescendoed.
- We waited a few seconds in silence, before we heard rhythmic footsteps crescendoing as a dim, short outline approached the door.
- The song crescendoed, and they both closed their eyes.
- His voice, at first, had been soft but soon crescendoed into a bellow.

Origin

Late 18th century: Italian, present participle of crescere ‘to increase’, from Latin crescere ‘grow’.

单词	crescendo
释义	Definition of crescendo in English: crescendo noun krɪˈʃɛndəʊkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊ 1Music A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music. each time the key changes, there is a gradual crescendo Example sentencesExamples Instead, it had more of a gradual crescendo, a spirit to it that demanded a faster movement. As Sora walked further down the hall, the redhead's sensitive ears picked up a gradual crescendo of a beautifully played piano. The music rose in a whirling crescendo as the tempo got faster. The second is a three-part lullaby and the finale a moto perpetuo in gradual crescendo. Each piece has multiple tension points and crescendos to keep your ear engaged for a hard listen, but it honestly works best as background music. 1.1 A passage of music marked or performed with a crescendo. Example sentencesExamples The musical phraseology was convincing, and the crescendos and decrescendos were accurately measured and performed. As crescendo after crescendo uplifts the piece, the group becomes more and more abrasive and unforgiving. The final crescendo was stunningly articulated! I was dissatisfied with my execution of the crescendos and decrescendos in the ‘A Section’ of the work's scherzo movement. 1.2 The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound. the port engine revs rose to a crescendo Example sentencesExamples The piano music rose to a crescendo, the pianist pounding on the keys so loudly Jane covered her ears. Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo. The background music swells to a crescendo of heavenly orchestration in a moment intended to make audiences feel proud. The music hit a crescendo as the dancers beneath the brightly lit lanterns increased the momentum of the dance. The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic, and with the roof closed, and the sound reaching a crescendo, it made the hairs on my neck stand up. The applause rose to a crescendo when four white doves were freed and flew into the night sky. The music reaches a crescendo, and their eyes meet. They had scrambled almost back to the road as the band's cacophony rose to a crescendo. Cicadas start to shrill, building to a crescendo that threatens to rupture eardrums. The two embraced as the applause grew to a crescendo. She began cursing with bitter vehemence and knocked the remaining pots around to a crescendo of reverberating noise. It breaks and builds to a crescendo, the classic flute section floating over the top. Each song starts slowly then builds up to a crescendo. It began as an almost pleasant noise, but then grew to a crescendo. Excited chattering rose to a crescendo in the auditorium as the sound of the fast-moving convoy fell upon the ears of those at the back of the crowd. A great babble of voices all rose to a crescendo of sound that could only be the prelude to panic. As the engine races to a crescendo, we head off along what appears to be a new-mown field, then just as it dawns on me that this is the airstrip, we are airborne. The shouting grew louder and to a crescendo as a door opened. Comedy sound effects come to a crescendo as the abused machine finally collapses in a heap of scrap metal. Soon the wind rose to a crescendo as it tore through trees and over roof tops. 2A progressive increase in intensity. a crescendo of misery Example sentencesExamples What followed was a rising crescendo in which he saw glorious opportunities for the future, the future in particular of left-of-centre politics. It was a fitting crescendo to a remarkable exhibition. They believe that if you try hard enough there's a steady crescendo of improvement and your fate is in your own hands. I think both clubs felt it worked very well but that should not build into a crescendo of rumours that the rugby club are moving in with us. Although many speakers struck bland notes individually, together these became a crescendo of shared concern. His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition. That crescendo builds up, you are on your own and think you have to do something. 2.1 The most intense point reached. the hysteria reached a crescendo around the spring festival Example sentencesExamples These ideas come to a crescendo in the book's final collection of essays. All this is happening all at the same time, and it's all working up to a crescendo where there is going to be a sudden shift. As the vocal chords stretched, the cheering reached a crescendo. His eyes widened as the pain reached a crescendo. The sudden ending, while building up to a crescendo, leaves you thinking, ‘What if?’ As minutes ticked by, excitement reached a crescendo. They talk about how you build up your script to a crescendo, how you develop subplots, and all sorts of other mechanical rules. In early April, this propaganda campaign reached a crescendo. This is bad news for a company which depends so highly on retail sales which should rise to a crescendo in the run-up to Christmas. Occasionally, when he's reaching the crescendo of his argument, he runs off to grab a placard and brandishes it to drive home his point. The sandstorm hit us that day and built to a crescendo during the next day. But the excitement reached a crescendo when the dance floor was thrown open. After Augustine had become a bishop, the theme of man's absolute need for grace rose to a crescendo. This kind of criticism reached a crescendo in the summer of 1862. It was during this time that the lobbying reached a crescendo, and it paid off. The reasons did come to a crescendo in the end and referred to discretion. The careful selection and placement of each noise and voice ensures that as each amplifies the other, they remain distinct, and build to a crescendo of emotion. The storm reached a crescendo as they crossed the stream, Plum Run. Anti-immigrant propaganda has reached a crescendo over the past month, as both parties compete to prove they are harsher on immigration. Synonyms peak, pinnacle, height, high point, highest point, summit, top adverb & adjectivekrɪˈʃɛndəʊ Music With a gradual increase in loudness. as adjective a short crescendo kettledrum roll Example sentencesExamples Reversing the crescendo pattern used by so many instrumental bands, the song begins with booming drums and layers of distorted bass, high-end guitars, and uplifting piano. Each goal is honoured with the crescendo beat of drums and the noise is increased by the cheers of the successful party. verbcrescendoed, crescendoes, crescendoingkrɪˈʃɛndəʊkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊ [no object] Increase in loudness or intensity. the reluctant cheers began to crescendo Example sentencesExamples The drums boomed, the bass often got lost in the mix under dueling guitars, and the dueling guitars crescendoed. This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly. Soon, the faint pitter-patter crescendoed into the staccato of heavy drops falling on Heinrich's poncho. It's also there in the way he ends notes in the verses, crescendoing and pitching up and then choking them off suddenly, cutting the sound short. The drumming of his fingers matched the rain in a crescendoing concerto. Her voice started low, hardly audible, but slowly crescendoed as the temperature of the room dropped. It crescendoed and tipped off at an intensely sharp note. More laughter from the audience, which crescendoed as Kelly began actually discussing the things, in terms of their visual history and morphology. When motorized sounds roared and heavy gunfire crescendoed, he ran, so I ran too. The advisor started chuckling softly to himself, and it grew and crescendoed into the same maniacal laughter that was coming out of the priestess's mouth far away. She heard voices crescendo until the words were finally understandable. Jonas's voice crescendoed steadily with every word. As the music evolved, each harmonic would crescendo but no harmonic would crescendo any louder than another. My voice crescendoed into a yell slowly throughout my speech, bringing up memories of events that I'd overcome. Murmuring broke out and crescendoed into pandemonium. We waited a few seconds in silence, before we heard rhythmic footsteps crescendoing as a dim, short outline approached the door. The song crescendoed, and they both closed their eyes. His voice, at first, had been soft but soon crescendoed into a bellow. A chorus of male voices rose above the din, crescendoing, singing ‘Jezebel’ in ringing tones that deafened the room with awe. The horse's gait changed to a gallop, and the muffled rhythm of the hoof beats crescendoed until they were uncannily loud and hollow. Origin Late 18th century: Italian, present participle of crescere 'to increase', from Latin crescere 'grow'. Rhymes diminuendo, innuendo, kendo Definition of crescendo in US English: crescendo nounkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊkrəˈSHenˌdō Music 1A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music. Example sentencesExamples Each piece has multiple tension points and crescendos to keep your ear engaged for a hard listen, but it honestly works best as background music. The second is a three-part lullaby and the finale a moto perpetuo in gradual crescendo. The music rose in a whirling crescendo as the tempo got faster. As Sora walked further down the hall, the redhead's sensitive ears picked up a gradual crescendo of a beautifully played piano. Instead, it had more of a gradual crescendo, a spirit to it that demanded a faster movement. 1.1 A passage of music marked to be performed with a gradual increase of loudness. Example sentencesExamples The musical phraseology was convincing, and the crescendos and decrescendos were accurately measured and performed. As crescendo after crescendo uplifts the piece, the group becomes more and more abrasive and unforgiving. The final crescendo was stunningly articulated! I was dissatisfied with my execution of the crescendos and decrescendos in the ‘A Section’ of the work's scherzo movement. 1.2 The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound. Debra's voice was rising to a crescendo Example sentencesExamples The music hit a crescendo as the dancers beneath the brightly lit lanterns increased the momentum of the dance. It breaks and builds to a crescendo, the classic flute section floating over the top. The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic, and with the roof closed, and the sound reaching a crescendo, it made the hairs on my neck stand up. Each song starts slowly then builds up to a crescendo. Comedy sound effects come to a crescendo as the abused machine finally collapses in a heap of scrap metal. The background music swells to a crescendo of heavenly orchestration in a moment intended to make audiences feel proud. As the engine races to a crescendo, we head off along what appears to be a new-mown field, then just as it dawns on me that this is the airstrip, we are airborne. The piano music rose to a crescendo, the pianist pounding on the keys so loudly Jane covered her ears. The shouting grew louder and to a crescendo as a door opened. Excited chattering rose to a crescendo in the auditorium as the sound of the fast-moving convoy fell upon the ears of those at the back of the crowd. A great babble of voices all rose to a crescendo of sound that could only be the prelude to panic. The music reaches a crescendo, and their eyes meet. She began cursing with bitter vehemence and knocked the remaining pots around to a crescendo of reverberating noise. It began as an almost pleasant noise, but then grew to a crescendo. Soon the wind rose to a crescendo as it tore through trees and over roof tops. Cicadas start to shrill, building to a crescendo that threatens to rupture eardrums. The applause rose to a crescendo when four white doves were freed and flew into the night sky. Forty male voices sang in spell-binding chorus, softening at moments and then rising, fortified, to a crescendo. They had scrambled almost back to the road as the band's cacophony rose to a crescendo. The two embraced as the applause grew to a crescendo. 1.3 A progressive increase in force or intensity. a crescendo of misery Example sentencesExamples Although many speakers struck bland notes individually, together these became a crescendo of shared concern. His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition. I think both clubs felt it worked very well but that should not build into a crescendo of rumours that the rugby club are moving in with us. It was a fitting crescendo to a remarkable exhibition. What followed was a rising crescendo in which he saw glorious opportunities for the future, the future in particular of left-of-centre politics. They believe that if you try hard enough there's a steady crescendo of improvement and your fate is in your own hands. That crescendo builds up, you are on your own and think you have to do something. 1.4 The most intense point reached in this; a climax. the negative reviews reached a crescendo in mid-February Example sentencesExamples They talk about how you build up your script to a crescendo, how you develop subplots, and all sorts of other mechanical rules. This kind of criticism reached a crescendo in the summer of 1862. As minutes ticked by, excitement reached a crescendo. This is bad news for a company which depends so highly on retail sales which should rise to a crescendo in the run-up to Christmas. Anti-immigrant propaganda has reached a crescendo over the past month, as both parties compete to prove they are harsher on immigration. It was during this time that the lobbying reached a crescendo, and it paid off. The careful selection and placement of each noise and voice ensures that as each amplifies the other, they remain distinct, and build to a crescendo of emotion. These ideas come to a crescendo in the book's final collection of essays. Occasionally, when he's reaching the crescendo of his argument, he runs off to grab a placard and brandishes it to drive home his point. After Augustine had become a bishop, the theme of man's absolute need for grace rose to a crescendo. The sandstorm hit us that day and built to a crescendo during the next day. In early April, this propaganda campaign reached a crescendo. The sudden ending, while building up to a crescendo, leaves you thinking, ‘What if?’ All this is happening all at the same time, and it's all working up to a crescendo where there is going to be a sudden shift. As the vocal chords stretched, the cheering reached a crescendo. But the excitement reached a crescendo when the dance floor was thrown open. His eyes widened as the pain reached a crescendo. The reasons did come to a crescendo in the end and referred to discretion. The storm reached a crescendo as they crossed the stream, Plum Run. Synonyms peak, pinnacle, height, high point, highest point, summit, top adjective & adverbkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊkrəˈSHenˌdō Music With a gradual increase in loudness. as adjective a short crescendo kettledrum roll Example sentencesExamples Reversing the crescendo pattern used by so many instrumental bands, the song begins with booming drums and layers of distorted bass, high-end guitars, and uplifting piano. Each goal is honoured with the crescendo beat of drums and the noise is increased by the cheers of the successful party. verbkrəˈʃɛnˌdoʊkrəˈSHenˌdō [no object] Increase in loudness or intensity. the reluctant cheers began to crescendo Example sentencesExamples A chorus of male voices rose above the din, crescendoing, singing ‘Jezebel’ in ringing tones that deafened the room with awe. It crescendoed and tipped off at an intensely sharp note. When motorized sounds roared and heavy gunfire crescendoed, he ran, so I ran too. As the music evolved, each harmonic would crescendo but no harmonic would crescendo any louder than another. The drumming of his fingers matched the rain in a crescendoing concerto. Soon, the faint pitter-patter crescendoed into the staccato of heavy drops falling on Heinrich's poncho. The horse's gait changed to a gallop, and the muffled rhythm of the hoof beats crescendoed until they were uncannily loud and hollow. She heard voices crescendo until the words were finally understandable. Jonas's voice crescendoed steadily with every word. My voice crescendoed into a yell slowly throughout my speech, bringing up memories of events that I'd overcome. Her voice started low, hardly audible, but slowly crescendoed as the temperature of the room dropped. More laughter from the audience, which crescendoed as Kelly began actually discussing the things, in terms of their visual history and morphology. This will be almost falsetto but will have enough heaviness to enable the singer to crescendo smoothly. Murmuring broke out and crescendoed into pandemonium. It's also there in the way he ends notes in the verses, crescendoing and pitching up and then choking them off suddenly, cutting the sound short. The advisor started chuckling softly to himself, and it grew and crescendoed into the same maniacal laughter that was coming out of the priestess's mouth far away. The drums boomed, the bass often got lost in the mix under dueling guitars, and the dueling guitars crescendoed. We waited a few seconds in silence, before we heard rhythmic footsteps crescendoing as a dim, short outline approached the door. The song crescendoed, and they both closed their eyes. His voice, at first, had been soft but soon crescendoed into a bellow. Origin Late 18th century: Italian, present participle of crescere ‘to increase’, from Latin crescere ‘grow’.
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