Definition of recede Recede
/ɹɪsiˈd/ - [riseed] - re•cede
We found 11 definitions of recede from 5 different sources.
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| recede - become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| ebb fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away" | ||
| recede - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" | ||
| withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back | ||
| march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on, advance develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| fall back retreat | ||
| retreat, retrograde make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" | ||
| back down, back off, back up make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!" | ||
| recede - retreat | ||
| fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind | ||
| gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" | ||
| retrogress, regress, retrograde get worse or fall back to a previous condition | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- recede (v. i.)
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. - recede (v. i.)
To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. - recede (v. i.)
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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recede
rē-sēd′, v.i. to go or fall back: to retreat: to bend or tend in a backward direction: to withdraw: to give up a claim.—v.t. to cede back, as to a former possessor.—adj. Reced′ing, sloping backward. [L. recedĕre, recessum—re-, back, cedĕre, to go.]
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🔤- recede, verb, present, 1st person singular of recede (infinitive).
- recede, verb (infinitive).
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