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- US Pronunciation
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- [ak-sel-uh-ran-doh, -rahn-; Italian aht-che-le-rahn-daw]
- /ækˌsɛl əˈræn doʊ, -ˈrɑn-; Italian ɑtˌtʃɛ lɛˈrɑn dɔ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ak-sel-uh-ran-doh, -rahn-; Italian aht-che-le-rahn-daw]
- /ækˌsɛl əˈræn doʊ, -ˈrɑn-; Italian ɑtˌtʃɛ lɛˈrɑn dɔ/
Definitions of accelerando word
- adjective accelerando (to be performed) with increasing speed 3
- noun accelerando an increase in speed 3
- adjective accelerando with gradually quickening tempo 3
- noun accelerando With a gradual increase of speed (used chiefly as a direction). 1
- noun accelerando (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed. 0
- noun accelerando (music) A passage having this mark. 0
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Origin of accelerando
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45; < Italian < Latin accelerandus, gerundive of accelerāre to speed up. See accelerate
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Parts of speech for Accelerando
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
accelerando popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for accelerando
adjective accelerando
- increasing — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
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