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fading out

fading out is the present participle of fade out.

Meaning of fade out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To slowly disappear; to wither away.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To sneak away.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To fade from a cut to black in a movie.
    • 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
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence.

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Questions about fading out

What is fading out the present participle of?
Fading out is the present participle of fade out.

Words near fading out in the dictionary

  1. fadges
  2. fadging
  3. fading
  4. fading away
  5. fading in
  6. fading out
  7. fading time
  8. fading times
  9. fading to black
  10. fadingly
  11. fadingness

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