recede

Meanings

• Verb

  Withdraw or retire, as from an action or a position.

  - "The troops were ordered to recede from the battlefield."
  - "After the failure of the project, the investors decided to recede."
  - "The company's profits have been declining, causing some investors to recede."

• Verb

  Move or go back, as in space or time.

  - "The tide recedes, leaving the beach exposed."
  - "As the sun sets, the day recedes into memory."
  - "The glacier recedes at a rate of several feet per year."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɹɨˈsiːd/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89032966"

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Synonyms

withdraw

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with recede
cede , recede , sede , decede , rede , recede

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Variants

List of all variants of recede that leads to same result
recede , receded , recedes , receding

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Etymology

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Old English reccan; related to reccan 'to go back', from Proto-Germanic *rek- 'back'

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Trivia

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1. The word 'recede' is derived from the Old English word 'reccan', which means 'to go back'.

2. In the context of astronomy, a receding galaxy is one that is moving away from the Milky Way.

3. The term 'receding chromium' refers to the phenomenon where the brightness of chromium decreases as it recedes from a heat source.

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Related Concepts

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1. Retreat: A withdrawal or recession, often used in the context of military strategy or a strategic withdrawal from an argument.

2. Regression: A statistical term describing the relationship between a dependent variable and an independent variable, where the dependent variable moves towards the mean of the independent variable.

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Culture

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In literature, 'recede' is often used to describe a withdrawal or retreat, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' where the characters attempt to recede from the plague. In music, the term 'receding' is used in the context of a receding rhythm, where the rhythm seems to move further away.

How to Memorize "recede"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the motion of receding, such as water receding from a shoreline or a military unit receding from a battlefield.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'recede' with words that have similar meanings, such as 'withdraw', 'retreat', or 'regress'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'R' is for 'Retreat', 'W' is for 'Withdraw'.

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