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crescendoing

crescendoing is the present participle and gerund 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 crescendoing

What is crescendoing the present participle and gerund of?
Crescendoing is the present participle and gerund of crescendo.

Words near crescendoing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crescendoing (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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