recede
/ɹɪˈsiːd/
recede verb: to move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Verb
recede (third-person singular simple present recedes, present participle receding, simple past and past participle receded)
- To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore.1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center.1725, Richard Bentley, The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism
- To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
- to recede conquered territory
- To take back.
recede meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
recede in Tamil
- தணி, கீழிறங்கு, பின்வாங்கு
recede in Urdu
- پلٹنا, پسپا ہونا, پیچھے ہٹنا, پیچھے مڑنا
recede in Bengali
- পিছিয়ে যাওয়া, পশ্চাদপসরণ করা, সরে যাওয়া, প্রত্যাহার করা, ফেরত দিয়ে দেওয়া, ফিরিয়ে নেওয়া
recede in Malayalam
- പിൻവാങ്ങുക, പിന്നോട്ടു ചരിയുക, മടക്കിക്കൊടുക്കുക
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- recede in Kannada
- ಹಿಮ್ಮೆಟ್ಟು, ಹಿಂದೆಸರಿ, ಹಿಂದುಳಿ, ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗು
Examples of recede in a sentence
- As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled.
- It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald.
- Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.
Synonyms of recede
Forms of recede
| third-person singular present | recedes |
|---|---|
| present participle | receding |
| past participle | receded |
| past | receded |
Origin of recede
Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).
Words formed from recede
Words that rhyme with recede
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about recede
- What does recede mean?
- Recede means to move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- What is recede in Tamil?
- Recede in Tamil is தணி, கீழிறங்கு, பின்வாங்கு. See Recede meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is recede?
- Recede is a verb.
- How do you pronounce recede?
- Recede is pronounced /ɹɪˈsiːd/.
- What is the past tense of recede?
- The past tense of recede is receded.
Words near recede in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recede (page history and authors); recede (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recede (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recede (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recede (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recede (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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