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crescendoed

crescendoed is the simple past and past participle of crescendo.

Meaning of crescendo

Verb

crescendo (third-person singular simple present crescendoes or crescendos, present participle crescendoing, simple past and past participle crescendoed)

  1. To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
    • The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.

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Questions about crescendoed

What is crescendoed the simple past and past participle of?
Crescendoed is the simple past and past participle of crescendo.

Words near crescendoed in the dictionary

  1. Cresaps
  2. cresc
  3. crescence
  4. crescendi
  5. crescendo
  6. crescendoed
  7. crescendoes
  8. crescendoing
  9. crescendos
  10. crescent
  11. Crescent City

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crescendoed (page history and authors); crescendo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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