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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 2025
decrescendo
decrescendo
English
Decrescendo notation.
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.