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What does crescendo mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word crescendo? Here's what it means.

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