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recede¹ Definition

re·cede (ri sēd′)

intransitive verb -·ced′ed, -·ced′·ing

  1. to go or move back the high water receded
  2. to withdraw (from) to recede from a promise
  3. to slope backward
  4. to become more distant, and hence indistinct early memories recede
  5. to become less; diminish receding prices

Etymology: L recedere: see re- & cede

recede² Definition

☆ re·cede (rē′sēd′)

transitive verb -·ced′ed, -·ced′·ing

to cede back

recede Synonyms

recede

v.

  1. To go backward

    fall back, draw back, shrink, withdraw; see retreat 1.

  2. To sink

    ebb, drift away, lower, turn down, abate, decline, decrease, die away, go away, drop back, wash back, drop, fall, fall off, lessen, subside; see also decrease 1, fall 1.

    Antonyms rise*, flow*, increase.

recede Usage Examples

Object

  • hairline: In men however the patern of loss usually starts with a receding hairline which then advances to thin the top of the head.
  • chin: Origin Members of the upper classes, by repute, often have minor genetic abnormalities like receding chins.
  • tide: Fish became stranded in the hull of the vessel during receding tides.
  • glacier: Also there is no worry about receding glaciers, rockfall or early hut starts.
  • gum: The most common cause of sensitive teeth in adults is exposed tooth roots due to receding gums.
  • water: Pictures of the receding waters of the Ouse taken by Mister P in early August 2002.

Preposition: into

  • distance: The photo above shows an interior receding into the distance.
  • background: On the other side of the path are many trees receding into the background.
  • past: The means by which we got here is receding into the past.
  • memory: My interest over, the Earl's objects receded into distant memory.
  • history: Others, however, have receded into history as obscure figures of whom little is now known.

Adjective complement

further: In short, I got on with my life while polio receded ever further in my memory.

Modifying Another Word

  • rapidly: Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return.
  • gradually: The only fixed point is the Crask Inn itself, which gradually recedes into the distance behind you.
  • slowly: Inflation is steadily if slowly receding despite the alarmist warnings of many experts.
  • somewhat: The above level of booze intake really did cause the awful cacophony of small noises to recede somewhat.
  • quickly: About me:- 6ft in height and same in width, fat, and receding very quickly lol.
  • fast: Blair found himself on a bridge from which the European shoreline was fast receding.

Used with why or when

when: This came to nothing and the coup threat receded when the Conservatives won the 1970 general election.

Preposition: from

earth: UNIVERSAL EXPANSION 5 ) A distant galaxy in the constellation Hydra is receding from the Earth at 6.12 x 10 7 m/sec.