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fadeout

fadeout noun: a gradual disappearance or fading away.

Noun

fadeout (plural fadeouts)

  1. A gradual disappearance or fading away.
    • The scene ends with a fadeout to unconsciousness.2009 February 17, Howard W. French, “Surviving a Hitch in an Army of Boys”, in New York Times
    • Radio fadeouts in the arctic are caused by solar explosions and sunspot activity.1959, United States, Rescue and Survival Specialist, Department of the Air Force, pages 3–22

Forms of fadeout

pluralfadeouts
alternative formfade-out

Origin of fadeout

Deverbal from fade out.

Questions about fadeout

What does fadeout mean?
Fadeout means a gradual disappearance or fading away.
What part of speech is fadeout?
Fadeout is a noun.
What is the plural of fadeout?
The plural of fadeout is fadeouts.

Words near fadeout in the dictionary

  1. Fadels
  2. Fadely
  3. Fadelys
  4. fadeometer
  5. fadeometers
  6. fadeout
  7. fadeouts
  8. fadeproof
  9. fader
  10. faders
  11. fades

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