recede

[ ri-seed ]

/ rɪˈsid /

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verb (used without object), re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing.

to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.

to become more distant.

(of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space.Compare advance (def. 15).

to slope backward: a chin that recedes.

to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR recede

5 retire, retreat.

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Origin of recede

1470–80; <Latin recēdere to go, fall back, equivalent to re-re- + cēdere to withdraw, go; see cede

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH recede

recede , reseed

Words nearby recede

recapture, recarburize, recast, recce, recd., recede, receipt, receiptor, receivable, receive, received

Other definitions for recede (2 of 2)

recede²

[ ree-seed ]

/ riˈsid /

verb (used with object), re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing.

to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.

Origin of recede

First recorded in 1765–75; re- + cede

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

How to use recede in a sentence

Despite those obstacles, Chase’s success may keep it invested in Duckett’s vision once pandemic restrictions recede.
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However, by 1876 the issues of the war had begun to recede in political importance.
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The unique impact of the coronavirus recession makes a fast recovery possible, but even after the pandemic recedes, the global economy will be facing a myriad of problems.
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In broad strokes, the way to gauge cosmic expansion is to figure out how far away distant galaxies are and how fast they’re receding from us.
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Once the coronavirus pandemic recedes, engineers from his lab will move into partner communities while they work on improving the system.
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Russia has far grander plans to secure its claims in the north as the permanent ice caps recede.
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He is six feet and 201 pounds and has brown hair that is beginning to recede at the temples.
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She was briefly outed by Red as a mole and then allowed to recede into the background again.
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My guess is that in the final moments of the season the supernatural elements of the show will recede.
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The Qataris need to recede from the stage, Kabul will never trust them.
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The wave of religious fanaticism sweeping over the land might recede as rapidly as it had risen.
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The jungles here recede, and their place is occupied by beautiful plantations of rice, and other vegetables.
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It will help to keep me in touch with the outside world, which daily seems to recede further.
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The girls would not recede from their position; work had to be found for the girl elsewhere.
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For instance, the forehead may recede from the wire at the top, or the nose may have a different slant or shape.
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British Dictionary definitions for recede (1 of 2)

recede

/ (rɪˈsiːd) /

verb (intr)

to withdraw from a point or limit; go backthe tide receded

to become more distanthopes of rescue receded

to slope backwardsapes have receding foreheads

(of a man's hair) to cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead
(of a man) to start to go bald in this way

to decline in value or character

(usually foll by from) to draw back or retreat, as from a promise

Word Origin for recede

C15: from Latin recēdere to go back, from re- + cēdere to yield, cede

British Dictionary definitions for recede (2 of 2)

re-cede

/ (riːˈsiːd) /

verb

(tr) to restore to a former owner

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