receding

noun 2adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

most, worried

VERB + RECEDING

signs

RECEDING + NOUN

forehead, hairline, hairlines, he'll, relationship, situation

PREP.

about, from, out, towards, up, with

Definitions

adj

Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.

a receding hairline

noun

The action of something that recedes.

the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

A recessed part.

The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]

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Synonyms

noun — the act of becoming more distant

recession

noun — a slow or gradual disappearance

fadeout

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

a receding hairline

Wiktionary

the great overflowings and recedings of the waters

Wiktionary

The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable

Wiktionary

His hair is receding from his forehead.

Tatoeba · #287328

In the darkness, I frantically reach out towards the receding figure.

Tatoeba · #328130

Tom's hairline is receding.

Tatoeba · #1023848

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