decrescendo

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[edit] Etymology

From Italian decrescendo.

[edit] Noun

Singular
decrescendo

Plural
decrescendos

decrescendo (plural decrescendos)

  1. (music) An instruction to play gradually more softly.

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Infinitive
to decrescendo

Third person singular
decrescendos

Simple past
decrescendoed

Past participle
decrescendoed

Present participle
decrescendoing

to decrescendo (third-person singular simple present decrescendos, present participle decrescendoing, simple past and past participle decrescendoed)

  1. (music) To gradually become quieter

[edit] Adjective

decrescendo

  1. becoming quieter gradually.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb form

decrescendo

  1. gerund of decrescere
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