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AH020387 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Crescendo

Can you use 'crescendo' as a verb? For example: 'such and such will crescendo by next year.'

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Yes, it is correct to do so

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Yes, it is correct to do so
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AH020387Can you use 'crescendo' as a verb?
There is no listing of crescendo as a verb in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and I have never heard of anything 'crescendoing by next year', so I don't advise it.

CJ
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CalifJimThere is no listing of crescendo as a verb in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and I have never heard of anything 'crescendoing by next year', so I don't advise it.CJ
I know it doesn`t look much like a verb, but it has been used quite frequently as one, especially by musicians; and some online dictionaries have come to post it as a verb too, among
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My American Heritage (1992) lists it as a verb with all accompanying forms. I don't know if it appeared in an earlier edition or not. I do remember, however, that the first edition of A.H. did not list access as a verb: one had to 'gainaccess' to a system rather than the current 'access'. I also remember a U.S. president of not too long ago who unilaterally created
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