ACCELERANDO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accelerando mean? 

• ACCELERANDO (noun)
  The noun ACCELERANDO has 1 sense:

1. a gradually increasing tempo of music

  Familiarity information: ACCELERANDO used as a noun is very rare.

• ACCELERANDO (adjective)
  The adjective ACCELERANDO has 1 sense:

1. (music) gradually increasing in tempo

  Familiarity information: ACCELERANDO used as an adjective is very rare.

• ACCELERANDO (adverb)
  The adverb ACCELERANDO has 1 sense:

1. with increasing speed

  Familiarity information: ACCELERANDO used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCELERANDO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gradually increasing tempo of music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos

Hypernyms ("accelerando" is a kind of...):

pacing; tempo ((music) the speed at which a composition is to be played)

Derivation:

accelerando ((music) gradually increasing in tempo)

• ACCELERANDO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(music) gradually increasing in tempo

Similar:

increasing ((music) increasing in tempo and/or volume)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Derivation:

accelerando (a gradually increasing tempo of music)

• ACCELERANDO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With increasing speed

Context example:

here you must play accelerando

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Pertainym:

accelerando ((music) gradually increasing in tempo)