CRESCENDO
- A gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music
- A passage of music marked to be performed in this way
- The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound
- A progressive increase in force or intensity
- (Italian) a gradual increase in loudness [n CRESCENDI or CRESCENDOS] / to come to a crescendo [v CRESCENDOED, CRESCENDOING, CRESCENDOS or CRESCENDOED]
- The most intense point reached in this; a climax