Recede

Definition: Recede

Recede

Verb

1. Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb".

2. Move back and away from; "The enemy fell back".

3. Retreat.

4. Become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "recede" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Recede

Avoidance

Shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil; retire; (recede); flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to.

Disrepute

Play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background; (modesty); be conscious of disgrace; (humility); look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in. one's ear, slink away.

Recession

Verb: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart; retreat; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away; (avoid).

Regression

Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

Crosswords: Recede

Latin (ebb, go back, keep, move, pass, recede, retire, retreat, slip away, withdraw).

At this word from his wife, Jondrette closed the door, and Marius heard his steps recede along the hall and go rapidly down the stairs

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Georgia

As the economic shock waves begin to recede, output from some of the more viable businesses has begun to creep up. Industrial production in 2000 grew by 3 percent compared to 1999. During the Soviet era, Georgia had well-developed R&D that is still in place in such sectors as aerospace and medicine. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "recede": recede from. Additional references.

Afrikaans

agteruitgaan (decline, go back, go backwards), agteruitboer (decline). (various references)

Albanian

refuzohem, zmbrapsem (back away, flinch, recoil, regress, wince), ulem (alight, bend, bend over, burn down, decrease, deepen, descend, dip, drop, duck, fall, go down, sink, sit, sit down, take a seat), tërhiqem (back away, back out of, backpedal, backslide, climb down, deny, depart, draw away, draw back, fall back, give ground, rebound, recoil, retire, retrograde, shrink, withdraw), pakësohem (decrease, diminish, drop off, dwindle, ease off, ease up, fall off, lessen, melt, peter out, slip, wane, weaken, worsen), largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, retire, run away, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), bie (abate, attach, attack, bang out, bite, blow over, break down, bring, burn down, chime, come a cropper, come down, crash, crash down, crumple, cut, decline, descend, devolve, drop, fall, fall off, fall on, finger, flake off, flop, give, go, go down, hoot, pitch, play, plunge, plunk, sink, strike, subside, throw down, tumble). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تنازل (abdicate, back down, cede, concede, concession, condescend, deign, demission, disclaimer, give ground, give in, give up, part with, pass up, recession, relinquish, renounce, renunciation, resignation, stand down, step down, surrender, transfer, waive, waiver, yield), ‏تقهقر (back away, fall back, fall behind, give ground, go on before, hold down, lose ground, recession, retire, retreat, retreating, retrograde, retrogression, withdraw), ‏تساقط الشعر (alopecia), ‏تراجع عن, ‏تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ‏تبدد (clear, death, dispersal, dispersion, dissipate, fly, go to waste, tarnish), ‏زال (disappear, evaporate, pass away, taper), ‏إنحسر (abate), ‏إنسحب (draw back, drop, drop out, move back, pull back, pull out, push off, retire, retreat, separate, shag off, slope, smooth away, stand down, step down, subtract, withdraw), ‏إنخفض (die down, drop, fade, go down, sag, stoop, tumble), ‏إبتعد (distance, feel one's way, give a wide berth, go away, keep away, pull away, roll away, stand, subside, sweep). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ставам неясен (thicken), спадам (decline, decrease, deflate, dip, ease, ease off, ebb, fall, lower, sag, sink, turn down), чезна (die away, diminish, fade, fade away, languish, peak and pine, pine, tail away, trickle, vanish, wane, waste, wear away, wither), оттеглям се (adjourn, back, back away, disengage, draw back, draw off, draw out, fall back, fall off, give back, give way to, pull back, repair, retire, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, run out, scuttle, seclude, step down, withdraw), отдалечавам се (go away, go off, ride away, ride off, roll away, stray), накланям се назад, измъквам се (escape, fink, get out of, hike, ride up, skin away, skip, skulk off, slip off, slope, steal away, steal out, unthread, weasel, work off), избледнявам (dim, fade, pale, whiten). (various references)

Chinese 

后退 (Backlash, Receded, receding, recession, retrograde). (various references)

Czech

ustoupit (budge, fall back, give back, give ground, give in, relent, retire, retreat, shrink, shrink back, shrink from, start back, submit, withdraw, yield), poklesnout (dip, fall, sag), couvat. (various references)

Dutch

achteruitgaan (decline, fall off, go back, go backwards). (various references)

Esperanto

malprosperi (decline), malprogresi (decline). (various references)

Farsi 

پس رفتن (Regress, Retire, Retrograde, Retrogress), کنارکشیدن , عقب کشیدن (Setback, Shrink), خودداری کردن از, دورشدن (Scat), بعقب سرازیرشدن . (various references)

Finnish

väistyä (cede, give in, give up, give way, relinquish, step aside, withdraw, yield). (various references)

French

revenir sur, refluer (regurgitate), reculer (recoil, regress, rein back, relinquish, retire, retreat), recéder, s'estomper, se retirer (retire, retreat), se rétrocéder, s'évanouir, s'éloigner, disparaître, descendre, baisser (recline). (various references)

German

zurücktreten (abdicate, back out, come second, decline, diminish, fade, fall back, go down, kick back, rescind, resign, retrogress, step back, step down, subside, to recede, to rescind, to retire, to retrogress, to step back, withdraw). (various references)

Greek 

υποχωρώ (abate, back down, back out of, blench, bow, cave in, climb down, defer to, ebb, fall back, flinch, give in, give way to, relent, retreat, subduce, subside, yield). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תרחק (forswear, go far, keep away from, keep out, remove oneself, sheer off, shun), ל�"סו�' (recoil, retreat), לס�'ת (back away, draw back, fall back, give ground, lose ground, retire, retract, retreat, withdraw). (various references)

Hungarian

visszavonul (give ground, haul off, retire, retreat, retrograde, stand down, to flinch, to give ground, to lose ground, to pull back, to recede, to recess, to recoil, to retire, to retreat, to retrograde, to sequester oneself, to shut up shop, to step aside, to take the back track, withdraw), hátrál (back, flinch, move back, retrograde, to come astern, to flinch, to give ground, to give way, to go astern, to lose ground, to recede, to recess, to recoil, to retreat), eláll (kept, stop, to desist, to keep, to leave off, to lull, to thwart). (various references)

Italian

ritirarsi (drop out, ebb, flinch, go back on, neap, pull back, retire, retreat, shrink, stand down, withdraw), ritirare (abstract, collect, draw, draw back, evacuate, pick up, retire, retract, seclude, shrink, subside, take, take away, throw again, to withdraw, withdraw), recedere (back off, withdraw), svanire (be lost, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, expire, fade, melt away, vanish), farsi indietro (resign), calare (cast off, come down, drop, ebb, fall, go down, let down, let oneself down, lose weight, lower, sink, slack off, slacken, slump, subside, wane), allontanarsi (depart, go away, leave, roll away, stray, walk away, walk off, withdraw). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

退く　 (to recede, to retreat, to withdraw), 退く (to recede, to retire, to retreat, to withdraw), � 退く (to become distant, to recede), 禿�'上がる (to recede), 禿上がる (to become bald fom the forehead, to recede), 斥く (to recede, to retire, to retreat, to withdraw), 後へ退く (to recede, to retreat), 後へ引く (to recede, to retreat), は�'上がる (to become bald fom the forehead, to recede). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しりぞく (to recede, to retire, to retreat, to withdraw), のく (to recede, to retreat, to withdraw), どく (poison, to recede, to retreat, to withdraw, toxicant), あとへひく (to recede, to retreat), は�'あがる (to become bald fom the forehead, to recede), とおのく (to become distant, to recede). (various references)

Manx

goll ergooyl (get back, recession, retire, retreat, retrogress, retrogression, reverse; neap tide, setback, tergiversation, withdrawal), cleayney (attract, bank, circumvent, decoy, deviate, dispose, distort, distortion, diversion, divert, draw off, incline, induce, influence, inveigle, list, penchant, persuasion, perversion, predilection, predispose, seduce, stoop, tend, tend as garden, trend, vamp, veer). (various references)

Pig Latin

ecederay.(various references)

Portuguese

retroceder (fall back, flinch, regress, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, revert, run back, set back, shrink, subside), regredir, recuar (backpedal, blench, boggle, crawfish, flinch, flunk, indent, kick, off, quail, recoil, retire, retreat), voltar para trás (subside, turn back), vazar se, ficar para trás (drop behind, lag, subside), diminuir em valor (subside), desaguar (debouch, disembogue, disgorge, empty), baixar (come down, down, draw down, droop, drop, ebb, fall, get down, go down, issue, let down, let up, lower, pull down, reduce, sink, subside, take down, tone down, turn down), afastar-se da vista (subside). (various references)

Romanian

reveni (call again, come, come again, devolve to smb., devolve upon smb., get back, go back, reappear, recur, relapse, repass, retract, return, revert), retrage (recall, remove, retire, retract, subside, withdraw), se depãrta (depart, drop, flit, furl, stray), scãdea (abate, abstract, decay, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, depress, derogate from, diminish, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall, go down, lower, reduce, relax, sag, shrink, sink, subside, subtract, take off, wane), da înapoi (blench, check, climb, fall back, move back, put away, recoil, repay). (various references)

Russian 

убывать (decrease, ebb, neap, wane). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzmaći, ustuknuti (back away, blench, flinch, jib, lose ground, recoil, shrink back, step back), padati (fall, rain, shut in, snow), opadati (fall, wane), odustati (abjure, backtrack, baulk, drop, drop out, give up, lay off, pass up, quit, remise, scratch, withdraw), odstupiti (backpedal, digress, step away). (various references)

Spanish

retroceder de (recoil), retroceder (back, back away, back up, fall back, flinch, give ground, go back, go backwards, move back, move backwards, push back, regress, retrogress, stand back, turn back, walk backward), retirarse de (back out of), disminuir algo (Bate, pare down, shrink), desvanecerse para, bajar (abase, abate, bow, bring down, climb down, come down, cut, decline, decrease, deign, demean, demote, depreciate, descend, detrain, discount, dismount, download, drop, drop off, duck, ebb, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, get down, get off, get out, go below, go belowdecks, go down, hand down, hang, hop off, let down, lift down, lower, pull down, put down, rebate, reduce, ring down, sag, set out, sink, step down, stoop, subside, take down, trail, turn down, walk down, walk off, wind down), alejarse (bear off, draw away, estrange, flounce away, move away, move off, pass over, walk away, walk off). (various references)

Swedish

gå tillbaka (ascend, hark back, head back, recad, regress, retrogress). (various references)

Thai

ถอยหลัง (back), ตกต่ำ, ห่างออก. (various references)

Turkish

vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), uzaklaşmak (become distant, draw away, grow away from, move away, retire, walk away, walk off, wander, wander away, wander off), ortadan kaybolmak (be lost, clear off, clear out, cut, disappear, dissolve into thin air, hive off, make oneself scarce), gerilemek (degrade, deteriorate, draw back, drop back, drop behind, drop off, fall back, lose ground, redound, regress, remount, retreat, retrograde, slip, stand back, turn back, worsen), geri plâna geçmek, geri gitmek (go back, regress, repass, retrocede, retrograde), geri çekilmek (beat a retreat, blench, disengage, fall back, recoil, regress, retire, retract, retreat, set back, shrink back, stand back, step back, withdraw), düşmek (behoove, behove, collapse, come down, come down in the world, crash, crumble, crumple, crumple up, decline, decrease, deduct, degrade, dive, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, ebb, end up, fall, fall among, fall down, fall from, fall in a heap, fall off, fall on, fall on evil days, fall over, go down, land, lapse, pitch, plonk, plunge, plunk, rest with, sag, scale down, sink, sink into, step down, subside into, take a toss, tumble, tumble down), çekilmek (abdicate, be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, quit, repair, resign, retire, retract, scratch, secede, stand, step aside, step down, walk out, withdraw). (various references)

Ukrainian

убувати (decrease, ebb, ooze, wane), хилитися назад, відступати (back, back down, backtrack, blench, crawfish, deviate, digress, draw back, draw off, drop back, ebb, fall back, flinch, give ground, go back, retreat, retrograde, shy, stand away, stand back, walk backward), відмовлятися (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, back down, backtrack, cast off, discard, forgo, forsake, forswear, jettison, lay aside, lay down, nill, part with, pass up, pretext, refuse, relinquish, renounce, repeal, retract, throw aside, throw out, throw over, waive, withdraw). (various references)

Welsh

ymgilio (retreat), cilio (retreat, swerve). (various references)

abscedat, abscedentibus, recedam, recede, recedent, recedentibus, recedere, recedes, recedet, recepi, recesserat, recesseruntque, recessi, recessisse, recessisti, recessit, recipio, recipio recepi receptum, recipio, recepi, receptum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "recede": receded, recedes. (additional references)

Words ending with "recede": precede. (additional references)

Words containing "recede": preceded, precedence, precedences, precedencies, precedency, precedent, precedents, precedes, unprecedented, unprecedentedly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Recede" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eccede, pecede, Recadi, recane, recase, recave, recced, rece, recead, reced, receds, receed, receede, receide, recend, recepe, recepee, recete, receve, recid, reciede, recodify, recrede, recreed, reece, reede, reeeed, reete, renede, reseade, revced, reweed, Richelda, Rocade, Rpecvd. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: decree.

-1 letter: ceder, cered, creed.

-2 letters: cede, cere, deer, dere, dree, rede, reed.

-3 letters: cee, dee, ere, rec, red, ree.

-4 letters: de, ed, er, re.

+1 letter: cheered, creeled, decreed, decreer, decrees, erected, precede, receded, recedes, seceder.

+2 letters: breeched, careened, careered, centered, cheerled, coredeem, credence, creeshed, creneled, deceiver, decenter, decentre, decerned, decrease, decreers, detecter, exceeder, excreted, lechered, preceded, precedes, reaccede, received, recessed, rechewed, redecide, redefect, reechoed, refected, refenced, rejected, resected, screeded, screened, seceders, secerned, secreted.

+3 letters: adherence, checkered, cheerlead, chequered, coerected, coexerted, compeered, coredeems, credences, crenelled, decameter, deceivers, decenters, decentred, decentres, decimeter, decreased, decreases, decreeing, decrement, decretive, deference, deprecate, descender, desecrate, detecters, electrode, electroed, exceeders, excerpted, execrated, exercised, intercede, perceived, perfected, pickeered, precedent, precented, precessed, prelected, proceeded, reacceded, reaccedes, receipted, rechecked, recleaned, recovered, recreated, redecided, redecides, redefects, rednecked, redolence, reeducate, reejected, reelected, reenacted, reerected, reflected, resecured, residence, respected, retrocede, sceptered, schmeered, screeched, succeeder, supercede.