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- pronunciation:
- ri
sid
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
recedes, receding, receded |
| definition 1: |
to move back to a previous low level or point, as water.
After days of flooding, the rain stopped and the river water finally began to recede.- synonyms:
- ebb
- similar words:
- abate, diminish, dwindle, lessen, peter out, retreat, retrogress, slacken, subside
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| definition 2: |
to move away or back, either physically or in the mind.
The hills receded as we drove away.The incident was traumatic at the time, but it is receding in my memory now.- antonyms:
- advance
- similar words:
- diminish, regress, retreat, retrograde, withdraw
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| related words: |
back, disappear, pass, return |
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