crescendo
/kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/ verb C2- To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo. · The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.
He/she/it crescendoes · Past crescendoed · Past participle crescendoed · -ing form crescendoing
Verb forms
- Base form
- crescendo
- He/she/it
- crescendoes
- Past
- crescendoed
- Past participle
- crescendoed
- -ing form
- crescendoing
From the library
For Anne the real excitement began with the dismissal of school and increased therefrom in crescendo until it reached to a crash of positive ecstasy in the concert itself.
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