crescendo
noun /krəˈʃendəʊ/
/krəˈʃendəʊ/
(plural crescendos)
[countable, uncountable]- (music, from Italian) a slow steady increase in how loudly a piece of music is played or sung opposite diminuendoTopics Musicc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- deafening
- reach
- rise to
- a slow steady increase in noise; the loudest point of a period of continuous noise synonym swell
- Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out.
- There was a tremendous crescendo of noise.
- The shrieks of laughter rose to a crescendo.
- (figurative) The advertising campaign reached a crescendo just before Christmas.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deafening
- reach
- rise to
Word Originlate 18th cent.: Italian, present participle of crescere ‘to increase’, from Latin crescere ‘grow’.