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recedes

recedes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recede.

Meaning of recede

Verb

recede (third-person singular simple present recedes, present participle receding, simple past and past participle receded)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    recur, retrocede
  2. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
    • to recede conquered territory
  3. To take back.

Questions about recedes

What is recedes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Recedes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recede.

Words near recedes in the dictionary

  1. receded
  2. recedence
  3. recedent
  4. receder
  5. receders
  6. recedes
  7. recedeth
  8. receding
  9. recedingly
  10. recedingness
  11. recedings

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