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- [suh b-sahyd]
- /səbˈsaɪd/
- /səbˈsaɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh b-sahyd]
- /səbˈsaɪd/
Definitions of subside word
- verb without object subside to sink to a low or lower level. 1
- verb without object subside to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate: The laughter subsided. 1
- verb without object subside to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate: to cause coffee grounds to subside. 1
- intransitive verb subside water level: go down 1
- intransitive verb subside emotions, problems: grow less 1
- intransitive verb subside sink, settle 1
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Origin of subside
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Latin subsīdere, equivalent to sub- sub- + sīdere to sit, settle; akin to sedēre to be seated; see sit1
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Parts of speech for Subside
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subside popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for subside
verb subside
- abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- balmed — simple past tense and past participle of balm.
Antonyms for subside
verb subside
- bestrid — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- go up — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
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