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recede::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw |
| Type of | move, travel, go, locomote |
| Has types | retrograde, back down, back up, fall back, retreat, back off |
| Verb group | withdraw, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, back away |
| Derivation | receding |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drop off, fall back, fall behind |
| Type of | retrogress, regress, retrograde |
| Derivation | receding, recession |
Examples of recede
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Tax revenues go up, budgets look better, and fears of state bankruptcies recede.
From the time.com
Some analysts think the economy is on pace to recede from January through March.
From the foxbusiness.com
The more these origins are studied, the farther they seem to recede in the past.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Remove the Moon and the daily rush of the tides would recede to a gentle ripple.
From the newscientist.com
Rivers had begun to recede by December 29 after cresting well above flood stage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Water levels remain quite high, Feldman said, though some are starting to recede.
From the cnn.com
By the 19th century, God and Satan began to recede in our social consciousness.
From the timesunion.com
They recede in our memory, and when summoned, now show up fuzzy and indistinct.
From the philly.com
She was armed with a shotgun, watching floodwaters recede from her front porch.
From the freep.com
- Withdraw: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- Fall back: retreat
- Become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
- (receding) a slow or gradual disappearance
- Receding(a): (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
- (receding) the act of becoming more distant
- To move back, to move away; to take back
- (receding) (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead. "My hair was receding and streaked with gray, and lately I'd traced little crow's-feet etched around the corners of my eyes" (227).
- (Receding) (Cool) Colors: Green including Yellow/Green and Blue Green; Blues including Blue/Green and Blue/Violet and Violet, including Blue/Violet.
