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# recede

verb (recede, recedes, receded, receding)

«recede» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To move back or away; to go down from a high level: the floodwater receded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#m1)
2. To become smaller, weaker or less clear: the pain receded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#m2)
3. Of hair: to stop growing at the front of the head (a receding hairline). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons, floods, tides and glaciers recede. In stories, footsteps or memories recede. In everyday life, Dad's hairline recedes. Phrases: the waters receded, receding hairline.

### Examples

- The floodwater slowly receded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x1)
- The tide recedes twice a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x2)
- The glacier has receded a long way up the valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x3)
- His footsteps receded down the corridor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x4)
- The pain receded after the medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x5)
- Grandad has a receding hairline. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x6)
- Our last glimpse of her shows her at the window, watching them receding into the sky until they were as small as stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: receded. Noun: recession (also means hard times in money). Opposite: advance, rise. One c, then d: recede.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recede» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recede/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recede» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recede.html) on Mova free.