Word Frequency
recede (rɪˈsiːd
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Definitions
verb
- to withdraw from a point or limit; go back ⇒
the tide receded
- to become more distant ⇒
hopes of rescue receded
- to slope backwards ⇒
apes have receding foreheads
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- (of a man's hair) to cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead
- (of a man) to start to go bald in this way
- to decline in value or character
- usually foll by from to draw back or retreat, as from a promise
Word Origin
C15: from Latin recēdere to go back, from re- + cēdere to yield, cedeTranslations for 'recede'
- British English: recede If something recedes from you, it moves away. VERBHis footsteps receded into the night.
- Brazilian Portuguese: afastar-se
- Chinese: 远离远遠离離
- European Spanish: retroceder
- French: s'éloigner
- German: zurückgehen
- Italian: allontanarsi
- Japanese: 遠ざかる
- Korean: 물러나다
- Portuguese: afastar-se
- Spanish: retroceder
Example Sentences Including 'recede'
Although the waters are starting to recede in Cambodia, they now threaten the country's downriver neighbours, Vietnam and Laos.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
But there are tides and tides -- and some tides have yet to recede from the region.Outlook India (2005)
Colour, too, is softened and tends to become paler and more blue as objects recede.Learn to Draw Countryside
I touched the brakes, then hit the accelerator, and was gratified to see the headlights behind us recede momentarily.Follow the Sharks
It was only when the flood waters began to recede that it was possible to check and make sure.The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
It would take more than the years that had since passed for the Holocaust to recede from the Jewish memory.Out of the Ashes
Moroni queried, scowling with disappointment, feeling his excitement recede.Final Resort
Schools and hospitals will recede as reasons not to vote Tory, rather than assume pride of place as reasons to do so.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The fish will be running upstream in droves, though, once waters recede.Toronto Sun (2003)
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