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diminuendo

[ dih-min-yoo-en-doh ]

adjective

  1. gradually reducing in force or loudness; decrescendo ( crescendo ).


noun

, plural di·min·u·en·does.
  1. a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
  2. a diminuendo passage. : >

diminuendo

/ dɪˌmɪnjʊˈɛndəʊ /

noun

    1. a gradual decrease in loudness or the musical direction indicating this dimwritten over the music affected
    2. a musical passage affected by a diminuendo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. gradually decreasing in loudness
  2. with a diminuendo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diminuendo1

1765–75; < Italian, present participle of diminuire; diminish
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diminuendo1

C18: from Italian, from diminuire to diminish
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Example Sentences

He could be heard fumbling with the reins at the gate, and then the sound of hoofs came in diminuendo as he rode away.

The office people gave it to me, and never do I look but with a shiver at this dumb record in diminuendo of agony and sacrifice.

He used to suggest a diminuendo by crouching down more and more, and at a pianissimo he would almost creep under the desk.

The sonorous tones of the Chinese gong, manipulated with so cunning a crescendo and diminuendo by Lind, boomed through the house.

The sound did not die away entirely in its slow diminuendo until the mules had passed the range six miles to the west.

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diminishing returns, law ofdiminution