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In some senses, diminuendo is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
diminuendo
/dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/
noun 3adv 1adj 1
Collocations
2DIMINUENDO + NOUN
french, subtext
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
2
A passage having this mark
3
The gradual dying away of something.
Thus, in "Flavia and Her Artists" (1905), for example, a fiction of consonance in diminuendo, the French subtext states a set of harmonies (the young American returned from France) and cacophonies (the supercilious French art critic, Roux) shedding light on the main text with its own consonances of intergenerationsl friendship, marital loyalty, artistic pleasure, and joyful lesbianism.
Harlow gazed, like Henry, out the wide corner window, enjoying the diminuendos of the light.
adv
1
played in this style
adj
1
describing a passage having this mark
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
adjective — (music) gradually decreasing in volume
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Idioms & Phrases
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Thus, in "Flavia and Her Artists" (1905), for example, a fiction of consonance in diminuendo, the French subtext states a set of harmonies (the young American returned from France) and cacophonies (th
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Harlow gazed, like Henry, out the wide corner window, enjoying the diminuendos of the light.
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Jillian haad the kind of charm that wore off. Or after enough romantic diminuendos, that's what she theorized.
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