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Webster 1913 Edition
Decrescendo
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Deˊcres-cen′do
,Adj.
& adv.
[It.]
(Mus.)
With decreasing volume of sound; – a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Definition 2024
decrescendo
decrescendo
English
Noun
decrescendo (plural decrescendos)
Verb
decrescendo (third-person singular simple present decrescendos, present participle decrescendoing, simple past and past participle decrescendoed)
- (music) To gradually become quieter
Adjective
decrescendo (comparative more decrescendo, superlative most decrescendo)
- becoming quieter gradually.