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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Crescendo

/(kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?)/ · Cres·cen·do · IPA /kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/
01 a. & adv. With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance o…
  1. 1.
    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.(Mus.)
02 n. A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
  1. 1.
    A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.(Mus.)