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fades in

fades in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fade in.

Meaning of fade in

Verb

fade in (third-person singular simple present fades in, present participle fading in, simple past and past participle faded in)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media.
    • Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline2024, Jackie Evancho, “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over.

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Questions about fades in

What is fades in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fades in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fade in.

Words near fades in in the dictionary

  1. fadeproof
  2. fader
  3. faders
  4. fades
  5. fades away
  6. fades in
  7. fades out
  8. fades to black
  9. fadesome
  10. fadest
  11. fadeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fades in (page history and authors); fade in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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