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fade

fade
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [feyd]
    • /feɪd/
    • /feɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [feyd]
    • /feɪd/

Definitions of fade word

  • verb without object fade to lose brightness or vividness of color. 1
  • verb without object fade to become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination. 1
  • verb without object fade to lose freshness, vigor, strength, or health: The tulips have faded. 1
  • verb without object fade to disappear or die gradually (often followed by away or out): His anger faded away. 1
  • verb without object fade Movies, Television. to appear gradually, especially by becoming lighter (usually followed by in). to disappear gradually, especially by becoming darker (usually followed by out). 1
  • verb without object fade Broadcasting, Recording. to increase gradually in volume of sound, as in recording or broadcasting music, dialogue, etc. (usually followed by in). to decrease gradually in volume of sound (usually followed by out). 1

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Origin of fade

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; 1915-20 for def 5; Middle English faden, derivative of fade pale, dull < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *fatidus, for Latin fatuus fatuous

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Fade

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fade popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

fade usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for fade

verb fade

  • dim — DIM statement
  • dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
  • vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
  • dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.

noun fade

  • mohawk — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • flattop — an aircraft carrier.
  • ponytail — an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely.
  • bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
  • hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.

Antonyms for fade

verb fade

  • darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
  • sharpen — knife: make sharper
  • improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
  • appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
  • arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.

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