accrescendo (0 synonym found)

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Definition of accrescendo:

(n) : (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
(adv) : (music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.
(n) : (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
(v) : To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
(n) : (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.

Definition of accrescendo:

(n) : (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
(adv) : (music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.
(n) : (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
(v) : To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
(n) : (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.

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