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on the wane

on the wane adjective: in a period of decrease or decline.

Adjective

on the wane

  1. (idiomatic) in a period of decrease or decline
    • The moon was on the wane.

on the wane meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

on the wane in Bengali

হ্রাস, পতনের সময়ে

on the wane in Malayalam

decreasing, declining, diminishing
ക്ഷയിച്ചുവരുന്ന, ക്ഷയിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന, ക്ഷയി, ക്ഷയോന്മുഖ, പതന, ക്ഷീണ

Questions about on the wane

What does on the wane mean?
On the wane means in a period of decrease or decline.
What is on the wane in Bengali?
On the wane in Bengali is হ্রাস, পতনের সময়ে. See On the wane meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is on the wane?
On the wane is an adjective.

Words near on the wane in the dictionary

  1. on the verge of
  2. on the viretot
  3. on the wagon
  4. on the wallaby
  5. on the wallaby track
  6. on the wane
  7. on the warpath
  8. on the watch
  9. on the water cart
  10. on the water wagon
  11. on the way

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the wane (page history and authors); on the wane (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); on the wane (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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