Decrescendo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. With gradually diminishing force or loudness. Used chiefly as a direction.
  • n. A gradual decrease in force or loudness.
  • n. A decrescendo passage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An instruction to play gradually more softly.
  • v. To gradually become quieter
  • adj. becoming quieter gradually.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective-and-adverb. With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music, a gradual diminution of force; a passing from loud to soft: opposed to crescendo, and the same as diminuendo: often indicated by decres., dec., or the sign ⟩.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. gradually decreasing in volume
  • n. (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
  • v. grow quieter
    • Equivalent
    decreasing   
    Antonym
    crescendo   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    softness    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diminuendo   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diminuendo    accordeon    fortissimo    landmass    accordian   
     
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