Definitions from Wiktionary (crescendo)

▸ noun:  (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
▸ noun:  (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.
▸ verb:  To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
▸ adverb:  (music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.

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