Recede

English

Verb

Recede (third-person singular simple present Recedes, present participle receding, simple past and past participle receded)

1. to move back, to move away
2. to take back

Synonyms

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• withdraw

Derived terms

• receding

Related terms

• cede
• recedence
• recession
• recess
• recessive

Thesaurus

abate, back, back up, backslide, bate, close, cock, decline, depart, die away, diminish, drain, drift away, dwindle, ebb, fade, fade away, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, get behind, go, go away, go backwards, go behind, jerk back, lapse, lessen, lose ground, move away, move off, pull away, pull back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, shrink, sink, slip back, stand off, subside, taper, wane, widen the distance, withdraw

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɨˈsiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Translations

move back

Czech: ustoupit (cs) Dutch: zich (nl) terugtrekken (nl)

Italian: recedere (it) Romanian: retrage (ro)

take back

Dutch: terugnemen (nl)

Anagrams

• decree

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Italian

Verb

recede

1. third-person singular present indicative of recedere

Pronunciation

• IPA: /reˈtʃɛde/, [reˈt͡ʃɛː.d̪e], SAMPA: /re"tSEde/
• Hyphenation: re‧cè‧de

Anagrams

• cedere

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Latin

Verb

recēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recēdō

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Old English

Verb form

reċede

1. first-person singular preterite of reċċan
2. third-person singular preterite of reċċan
3. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of reċċan
4. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of reċċan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈreʧede/