recede

  • 1recede — recede, retreat, retrograde, retract, back can all mean to move or seem to move in a direction that is exactly the opposite of ahead or forward. Recede stresses marked and usually gradually increasing distance from a given point, line, or… …

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  • 2recede — re‧cede [rɪˈsiːd] verb [intransitive] if prices, interest rates etc recede, they decrease: • Growth was expected to recede throughout the year. • The domestic market is receding. * * * recede UK US /rɪˈsiːd/ verb [I] ► to get lower in value,… …

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  • 3Recede — Re*cede (r[ e]*s[=e]d ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re re + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec[ e]der. See {Cede}.] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. [1913 Webster] Like… …

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  • 4Recede — Re*cede (r[=e]*s[=e]d ), v. t. [Pref. re + cede. Cf. {Recede}, v. i.] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5recede — recede1 [ri sēd′] vi. receded, receding [L recedere: see RE & CEDE] 1. to go or move back [the high water receded] 2. to withdraw (from) [to recede from a promise] 3. to slope backward …

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  • 6recede — index decrease, depart, diminish, ebb, erode, escheat, regress, retire (retreat) …

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  • 7recédé — recédé, ée (re sé dé, dée) part. passé de recéder …

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  • 8recede — (v.) late 15c., from M.Fr. receder, from L. recedere to go back, withdraw, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cedere to go (see CEDE (Cf. cede)). Related: Receded; receding …

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  • 9recede — [v] withdraw; diminish abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, die off, diminish, drain away, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, flow back, go away, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede,… …

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  • 10recede — ► VERB 1) move back or further away. 2) gradually diminish. 3) (of a man s hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead. 4) (receding) (of a facial feature) sloping backwards. ORIGIN Latin recedere go back …

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