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crescendos

crescendos is the plural of crescendo.

crescendos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crescendo.

Meaning of crescendo

Noun

crescendo (plural crescendos or crescendi or crescendoes)

  1. An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
    • As he came into the window / It was the sound of a crescendo1987, Michael Jackson, “Smooth Criminal”, in Bad
  2. (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
    • Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.
  3. (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.
    • Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.

See all 5 meanings of crescendo

Questions about crescendos

What is crescendos the plural of?
Crescendos is the plural of crescendo.

Words near crescendos in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crescendos (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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