Usually means: Forceful, sudden emphasis on note.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word sforzando:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. sforzando: Merriam-Webster
  2. sforzando: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sforzando: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sforzando: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sforzando: Vocabulary.com
  6. sforzando: Wordnik
  7. sforzando: Wiktionary
  8. sforzando: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. sforzando: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. sforzando: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sforzando: Dictionary.com
  12. Sforzando (band), Sforzando (musical direction), Sforzando: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Sforzando: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. sforzando: Rhymezone
  15. Sforzando: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. sforzando: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sforzando: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. sforzando: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See sforzandi as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sforzando)

noun:  (music) A mark that indicates that a note is to be played with a strong initial attack.
noun:  (music) A passage having this mark.
adverb:  (music) In this style.
adjective:  (music) Played in this style.

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