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wane
- pronunciation:
- weIn
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
waned, wanes, waning |
| definition 1: |
to decrease gradually, as the illuminated portion of the moon. (Cf. wax2.)
- synonyms:
- decrease, diminish, dwindle
- antonyms:
- grow, swell, wax
- similar words:
- abate, contract, decline, ebb, fade, shrink, sink, subside, taper
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| definition 2: |
to become less powerful, prosperous, or strong.
His popularity was waning.- synonyms:
- decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- similar words:
- abate, contract, decay, decline, deteriorate, droop, fade, flag, languish, peter, sag, shrink, shrivel, sink, subside, taper, weaken, wind down
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| definition 3: |
to draw near the end.
The year is waning.- similar words:
- end, finish
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| related words: |
decrease, die, fail, fall off, lag, lessen, ooze, perish, remit, trail, waste, waver, weaken |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a period of diminishing, such as that of the decrease of the moon's illuminated portion.
- similar words:
- abatement, decline, decrease, diminishment, ebb, fall-off
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| definition 2: |
the process of gradually becoming less powerful, prosperous, or strong.
- synonyms:
- decrease
- similar words:
- abatement, decline, diminishment, ebb, fall-off
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| definition 3: |
the ending or last part of some period.
- synonyms:
- end, ending
- similar words:
- conclusion, finish, termination, terminus
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| related words: |
lapse |
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