Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - crescendo
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Crescendo
crescendo
(crescendos) 1. A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest. The applause rose to a crescendo and cameras clicked. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n 2. People sometimes describe an increase in the intensity of something, or its most intense point, as a crescendo. (JOURNALISM) There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism... N-COUNT: usu sing 3. In music, a crescendo is a section of a piece of music in which the music gradually gets louder and louder. N-COUNT: usu sing
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I. noun (plural -dos or -does; also crescendi) Etymology: Italian, from ~, adjective, increasing, gerund of crescere to grow, increase, from Latin Date: 1775 1. a. a gradual increase; specifically a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage b. the peak of a gradual increase ; climax complaints about stifling smog conditions reach a ~ — Down Beat 2. a ~ musical passage • ~ intransitive verb II. adverb or adjective Date: 1807 with an increase in volume — used as a direction in music ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n., adv., adj., & v. --n. (pl. -os) 1 Mus. a passage gradually increasing in loudness. 2 a progress towards a climax (a crescendo of emotions). b disp. a climax (reached a crescendo then died away). --adv. & adj. with a gradual increase in loudness. --v.intr. (-oes, -oed) increase gradually in loudness or intensity. Etymology: It., part. of crescere grow (as CRESCENT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. муз. крещендо 2. нарастание; пик, верх the demands for an election rose to a crescendo —- требования о проведении выборов все нарастали ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a sound or a piece of music that becomes gradually louder (rise to/reach a crescendo (=to gradually become louder)) (The violins had reached a crescendo. | Her voice rose to a crescendo.) (- opposite diminuendo) 2 a time when people are becoming more and more excited, anxious, or angry (A crescendo of resentment built up between the two women. | rise to/reach a crescendo) (the clamour of telephones as the working day reached its crescendo of activity) - crescendo adj crescent ~ n 1 a curved shape, wider in the middle and pointed at the ends (crescent moon/knife/biscuit etc) (A new crescent moon rose above the town.) 2 the curved shape as a sign of the Muslim religion 3 a word meaning a street with a curved shape, often used in the street's name (Turn left into Badgerly Crescent.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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