recede
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pull back or move away or backward
The enemy withdrew
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- advance antonym
- withdrawal derivation
- pullback derivation
- receding derivation
- crawfish verb group
Sense 2 verb
retreat
Types & categories
- retrogress hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull ahead antonym
- receding derivation
- ceding back derivation
Sense 3 verb
become faint or more distant
the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | advance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pullback |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | crawfish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall back |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retreat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | back off |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | pull ahead |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceding back |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | retrogress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ebb |