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Word entry · 6 letters

recede

Best crossword clue

"Move back gradually"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈsiːd/Part of speech verbSorted cdeeerStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3C4E5D6E

Definitions

  1. become faint or more distant

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).

Used in a sentence

  • Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore.
  • All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center.
  • to recede conquered territory

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