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- [ri-seed]
- /rɪˈsid/
- /rɪˈsiːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-seed]
- /rɪˈsid/
Definitions of receding word
- verb without object receding to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw. 1
- verb without object receding to become more distant. 1
- verb without object receding (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space. Compare advance (def 15). 1
- verb without object receding to slope backward: a chin that recedes. 1
- verb without object receding to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc. 1
- verb with object receding to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor. 1
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Origin of receding
First appearance:
before 1470 One of the 25% oldest English words
1470-80; < Latin recēdere to go, fall back, equivalent to re- re- + cēdere to withdraw, go; see cede
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Parts of speech for Receding
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
receding popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% 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".
receding usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for receding
adj receding
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
noun receding
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- disappearance — the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
- disappearing act — magic trick
- fade out — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
adjective receding
- bald — Someone who is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head.
- baldheaded — having a bald head
- balding — Someone who is balding is beginning to lose the hair on the top of their head.
- ebbing — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- hairless — without hair; bald: his pink hairless pate.
Antonyms for receding
adj receding
- approaching — coming closer in time
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