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{
"term": "recede",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"image": "data/images/bo/body_hair.png",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "recede",
"heSheIt": "recedes"
},
"pastSimple": "receded",
"pastParticiple": "receded",
"ingForm": "receding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to move gradually away from somebody or away from a previous position",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sound of the truck receded into the distance."
},
{
"text": "She watched his receding figure."
},
{
"text": "His footsteps receded into the distance."
},
{
"text": "The January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen."
},
{
"text": "The water receded back to its mysterious depths."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a bit", "a little", "slightly"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["recede into the background", "recede into the distance"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to become gradually weaker or smaller",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded *(= it is less likely)*."
},
{
"text": "The pain was receding slightly."
},
{
"text": "The pain was gradually receding."
},
{
"text": "These worries now receded from his mind."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a bit", "a little", "slightly"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["recede into the background", "recede into the distance"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to stop growing at the front of the head",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a middle-aged man with **receding hair/a receding hairline**"
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a bit", "a little", "slightly"],
"preposition": ["from"],
"phrases": ["recede into the background", "recede into the distance"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a chin (= part of the face below the mouth) that slopes backwards towards the neck",
"sensetop": "a receding chin",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːd/",
"audio": "re/recede/recede__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdz/",
"audio": "re/recede/recedes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪd/",
"audio": "re/recede/receded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recede/receding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːd/",
"audio": "re/recede/recede__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdz/",
"audio": "re/recede/recedes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪd/",
"audio": "re/recede/receded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recede/receding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘depart from a usual state or standard’): from Latin recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’."
}