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- pronunciation:
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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 |
adverb + (v.)recede
constantly, deeply, eventually, faster, gradually, rapidly, slowly, steadily
(v.)recede
+ adverb
dramatically, far, fast, forever, quickly, slightly, somewhat
(v.)recede
+ noun
background,
blackness,
chin,
consciousness,
corridor,
curve,
dark,
darkness,
depth,
distance,
floodwater,
foreground,
forehead,
horizon,
hurricane,
importance,
inch,
infinity,
jaw,
landscape,
layer,
memory,
mile,
mirror,
mist,
past,
prominence,
release,
shadow,
sight,
skull,
space,
square,
temple
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The word recede
contains the following parts:
re-
Latin
prefix
that means again; back or back again
  More about this word part:
The prefix re-
occurs in verbs that are Latin loanwords, where it can mean "again" (revise
) or "back again" (reflect
). It also attaches to English verbs (replay
, rewind) with both meanings. Any verb can be prefixed by "re-
" to indicate that an action is repeated. No hyphen is necessary unless the word formed is identical to an existing word (re-sign the document, but resign
from a job).
Example words:
irrefragable, irremissible, irrevocable, re-coil, re-cover, react, reappear, rebuild, recall, recede, recoil, reconstruct, record, recover, redo, reflect, reflection, regress, reheat, relive, remissible, remit, remove, renew, renewal, repaint, repay, replay, replete, report, reporter, reservation, resign, resignation, respect, retract, reverse, reversible, revert, review, revise, revision, revive, revolve, revolution, rewrite, rebel, rebellious
ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess
Latin
root
that means to go; to go back or yield
Example words:
accede, access, accessible, ancestry, antecede, antecedent, cede, concede, exceed, excess, intercede, precede, precedent, procedure, proceed, process, procession, recede, recession, retrocede, secede, succeed, success
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