recede

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb pull back or move away or backward
  2. verb retreat
  3. verb become faint or more distant

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back

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