Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: /kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/
  • UK:
    • IPA: /kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/
    • IPA: /kɹəˈʃɛn.dəʊ/
  • US:
    • IPA: /kɹəˈʃɛn.doʊ/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ).
  2. (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
  3. (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.

Verb

  1. 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.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipcrescendoedImperfektcrescendoed
PresensparticipcrescendoingPluralcrescendos
PluralcrescendiPluralcrescendoes
Tredje person singular indicativ presenscrescendoes