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- pronunciation:
- weIn
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
wanes, waning, waned |
definition 1: |
of the moon, to gradually decrease in the size of the portion that is illuminated, as seen from the earth. (Cf. wax2).
As the moon wanes, it appears to become smaller.
- 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, and it didn't seem as if he could win the next election.She could feel her strength waning as she began the final lap of the race.His friends' influence over him waned as he went into his senior year.- 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, and what have we accomplished?His childhood was waning; he would soon become an adolescent.- 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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