Definitions for recede
rɪˈsidre·cede

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backverb

   pull back or move away or backward

   "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

2. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

3. recedeverb

   become faint or more distant

   "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recedeverb

   To move back, to move away.

2. recedeverb

   To take back.

3. Etymology: From receder, from recedere, from re- with cedere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Recedeverb

   Etymology: recedo, Latin.

   1. To fall back; to retreat.

   A deaf noise of sounds that never cease,
   Confus’d and chiding, like the hollow roar
   Of tides, receding from th’ insulted shoar. Dryden.

   Ye doubts and fears!
   Scatter’d by winds recede, and wild in forests rove. Matthew Prior.

   All bodies, moved circularly, have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center, and every moment would fly out in right lines, if they were not violently restrained by contiguous matter. Richard Bentley.

   2. To desist.

   I can be content to recede much from my own interests and personal rights. Charles I .

   They hoped that their general assembly would be persuaded to depart from some of their demands; but that, for the present, they had not authority to recede from any one proposition. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

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1. recede

   To recede means to move back or away from a certain point, limit, or level, often in a gradual or subtle way. It can refer to physical movement, such as when a tide or floodwaters recede. It can also be used metaphorically to describe various types of withdrawal or diminishment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Recedeverb

   to move back; to retreat; to withdraw

2. Recedeverb

   to withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition

3. Recedeverb

   to cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory

4. Etymology: [Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. i.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recede in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recede in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of recede in a Sentence

1. Joe Biden:

   I truly believe we've made extraordinary progress by laying a new foundation for our economy, which becomes clear once global inflation begins to recede.

2. Seth Shostak:

   The sightings always recede to the edge of what technology allows you to do, the aliens are kind of keeping pace with technology.

3. Lawrence Gillum:

   We expect interest rates to move modestly higher in 2022 based on near-term inflation expectations above historical trends and improving growth expectations once the impact of Covid-19 variants recede.

4. Alexis karpouzos:

   An old dream is dead but a new one is being born, as a tree that pushes through the solid ground to recede. A new strength, born of pain and suffering, is pulsating in the veins and a new empathy and understanding is being born of past suffering.

5. External Affairs Malary White:

   We are waiting for the water to recede.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=recede
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Recede
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=recede
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recede
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=recede