recede
/ri'si:d/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To move back or away from a previous position: To go or become more distant, often gradually.
- To become less intense, prominent, or severe: To diminish in strength, importance, or visibility.
- To slope backward: Used to describe a feature, such as a hairline or chin, that slopes away from the front.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The floodwaters began to recede after the storm.
- As the ship sailed away, the coastline slowly receded from view.
- His hairline has started to recede.
- Her fear receded once she realized she was safe.
Advanced Usage
- "to recede from": To withdraw from a commitment, agreement, or position.
- The company decided to recede from the controversial deal.
- "to recede into the background": To become less noticeable or important; to withdraw from a prominent role.
- After the scandal, the politician receded into the background.
Variants and Related Words
- Receding (adj): Moving back or becoming more distant.
- The receding tide left shells on the beach.
- Recession (n): A period of economic decline; also, the act of receding.
- The country is recovering from a deep recession.
- Recessional (adj): Related to or occurring during a recession or withdrawal.
Synonyms
- Retreat: To move back, especially from a difficult or dangerous situation.
- Withdraw: To remove or take back; to pull back from a position.
- Subside: To become less intense, violent, or severe.
- Ebb: To decline or recede, like the tide.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Recede from: To withdraw from or move away from something.
- He was forced to recede from his earlier statement.
Related Idioms
- Recede into the distance: To become smaller and less clear as it moves farther away.
- We watched the car's taillights recede into the distance.
Verb
- become faint or more distant
- the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older
- retreat
- pull back or move away or backward
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb