Uttal
US:
- UK:
- IPA: /kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/
- IPA: /kɹəˈʃɛn.dəʊ/
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Definitioner
Substantiv
- (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ).
- (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
- (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.
Verb
- To increase in intensity, to reach or head for a crescendo.
Exempel
- Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.
- Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.
- With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.
- The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.
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