crescendo
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Is crescendo a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of crescendo?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
2. (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.Examples: "Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo."figuratively
3. (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.Examples: "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."figurativelynonstandard
adv (English)
1. (music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.not-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary