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   diminuendo

   /dɪˌmɪnjʊˈɛndəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a decrease in loudness in a piece of music: "the sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective"
   • ▪ a passage to be performed with a decrease in loudness.

   adverb

   • 1. (especially as a direction) with a decrease in loudness: "the piece ends as it began, a poem of sorrow and regret that dissolves diminuendo"

   adjective

   • 1. decreasing in loudness: "the diminuendo chorus before the final tumult"

   verb

   • 1. decrease in loudness or intensity: "the singers left and the buzz diminuendoed"

   Word Origin Italian, literally ‘diminishing’, from diminuire, from Latin deminuere ‘lessen’ (see diminish).

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