crescendo
- Noun. (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ).
- Noun. (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
- Noun. (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.
- Verb. To increase in intensity, to reach or head for a crescendo.
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