Rallentando

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. Gradually slackening in tempo; ritardando. Used chiefly as a direction.
  • n. A rallentando passage or movement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In music, becoming slower; with decreasing rapidity. Also rallentato. Abbreviated rall. Compare ritardando and ritenuto.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. slowing down
  • adj. gradually decreasing in tempo
  • Equivalent
    decreasing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning