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Definition: Sforzando


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An accented chord.[Wordnet] 2. (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack.[Wordnet].
Adjective	1. An alternative spelling for "Sforzato": Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.[Websters] 2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb sforzandoly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form (sforzandoly)	1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective sforzando.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.		Top

Date "Sforzando" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1890. (references)

Extended Definition: Sforzando

Sforzando

Sforzando may refer to:

Sforzando, used in musical notation as an instruction to play a note with sudden, strong emphasis (Italian, literally "forced"). See: Dynamics (music)
Sforzando (band), a "pirate orchestra" from Melbourne, Australia; they are named after the musical term
"Sforzando!," a song by Sebadoh from their 1996 album Harmacy
SForzando, an SFTT Blog about the music business

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sforzando"

Topics by Level of Interest: Sforzando
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Sforzando	6		Sforzando	6
Sforzando (band)	4		Sforzando (band)	4
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: sforzando
Position	Synonyms (sorted by strength)
Other	sforzato, chord.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis.		Top

Computed Synonyms: sforzando

Rank	Intensity	Word	Synonyms	Synonyms of synonym
1	1.1092	sforzando	fortissimo	to invigorate, brace, tone up, strengthen, invigorate
2	1.0192	sforzando	sharply	acutely, keenly, smartly, snappily, acridly
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100.					Top

Translations: sforzando

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Hanguk Mal	세게 (sforzando, fortissimo, sharply, mightily, slap). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, sforzando. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	세게 (sforzando, fortissimo, sharply, mightily, slap). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, sforzando. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	세게 (sforzando, fortissimo, sharply, mightily, slap). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, sforzando. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

Language	Translations for “sforzando” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	sfathagorzathagandathago (sforzando). Additional references: Athag, sforzando. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	sfagorzagandago (sforzando). Additional references: Double Dutch, sforzando. (volunteer)
Leet	z\|=0\|2~/_^//[)0 (sforzando). Additional references: Leet, sforzando. (volunteer)
Oppish	sfoporzopandopo (sforzando). Additional references: Oppish, sforzando. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	orzandosfay (sforzando). Additional references: Pig Latin, sforzando. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	sfuborzubandubo (sforzando). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, sforzando. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.				Top

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