Receding

Definitions: Receding

Receding

Adjective

1. Moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline".

2. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back.

Noun

1. A slow or gradual disappearance.

2. A act of becoming more distant.

Date "receding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

Synonyms: Receding

Synonyms: receding(a) (adj), retiring (adj), fadeout (n), recession (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Recession	Adjective: receding; Verb:
Regression	Adjective: receding; Verb: retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Receding

English words defined with "receding": chinless ♦ Indented line ♦ opisthognathous ♦ recessional, retiring ♦ To settle the land. (references)

Specialty definitions using "receding": Doppler broadening ♦ Fermi accelerations ♦ Receding Chin, receding metal. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Black Diamond Express Receding View (1897)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	America's receding future: the collision of creed and reality (reference) Civil society, the state & African development in the 1990s : report of study (and workshop) : receding role of the state in African development and emerging role of NGOs (reference) Earth receding (reference) Receding Horizons: A Historian's Reminiscences (reference) Scenes from a Receding Past (reference) (more book examples)

Music	In The Receding Mist (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Ice receding from the shoreline Soon it will be time to put the boats in the water.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		The trail of the tractor-train receding far into the distance. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Bar herring weir near Eastport, Maine; escape of fish prevented by receding tide From a photograph by T. W. Smillie.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Their aim was distant doubtless, vague perhaps, and receding before effort, but great.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Tom looked at the hawk nose and the high brown cheek bones and the slender receding chin.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Infants with microcephaly are born with either a normal or reduced head size. Subsequently the head fails to grow while the face continues to develop at a normal rate, producing a child with a small head, a large face, a receding forehead, and a loose, often wrinkled scalp. (references)
Economic History	Albania	This view appears to be receding as the number of advertisements on tv, radio and billboards increases. (references)
Political Economy	FINLAND	The rise in consumer prices slowed down to the euro area average in summer 2001, and with economic growth receding, inflationary pressures are estimated to continue easing in the latter half of 2001. (references)
	GERMANY	The current decline in global economic indicators is reflected in German figures for 2001. Inflation remains very low, partly as a result of deregulation in the electricity and telecommunications sectors, and after rising in 2000 with the impact of higher oil prices, is now once again receding. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Thus, though lavish in its expenditures upon the subject, Government has constantly defeated its own policy, and the Indians in general, receding farther and farther to the west, have retained their savage habits.
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	Prices must reflect the receding fever of war activities.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	With the Cold War receding and global commerce at record levels, we are helping to win unrivaled peace and prosperity all across the world.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Receding" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 71.22% of the time. "Receding" is used about 139 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	71.22%	99	32,870
Adjective (general or positive)	25.18%	35	58,339
Noun (proper)	2.16%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	1.44%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	139	N/A

Expressions using "receding": his hairline is receding ♦ receding line ♦ receding metal. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "receding": ever-receding.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "receding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏في إنخفاض, ‏هارب (absconder, escape, fleet, run away, scampish). (various references)

Chinese		后退 (Backlash, recede, Receded, recession, retrograde). (various references)

Czech		dìlají se mu kouty (his hairline is receding). (various references)

Danish		returline (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line), vigende mål (receding target), dannelse af en kasseformet hulhed (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal, top-hat). (various references)

Dutch		verwijderende doelen (receding target), terugtreklijn (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line). (various references)

Finnish		palautusvaijeri (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line). (various references)

French		fuyant (recessionary). (various references)

German		zurücktretend (recessionary, rescinding, retiring, retreating, retrogressing). (various references)

Greek		συρματόσχοινο επαναφοράς (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line), πλινθώματα με κυλινδρικό καπέλλο (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal, top-hat), υποχωρούντες στόχοι (receding target). (various references)

Italian		sfuggente (elusive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		抜け上がる (to be balding in the front, to have a receding hairline). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぬけあがる (to be balding in the front, to have a receding hairline). (various references)

Manx		tidey traie (receding tide), smeggin meayl (receding chin), smeg veayl (receding chin), eddin chleaynit (receding forehead). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecedingray

Portuguese		metal de reenvio (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal, top-hat), cabo tractor de retorno (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line), cabo de retorno/reenvio (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line), alvos em afastamento (receding target). (various references)

Russian		убывать покатый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uzmičući, opadajući (decreasing, fading). (various references)

Spanish		caja de llenado (boot-leg, box-hats ingots, receding metal, top-hat), cable de retorno (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line), blanco en alejamiento (receding target). (various references)

Swedish		returlina (back line, haul-back, haul-back line, messenger, pull-back, receding line, return line, tail rope, trip line). (various references)

Turkish		içe çökük, basık (flattened, frowsty, frowzy, low, overcast, stuffy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	refuga, refugae, refugam. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "receding": preceding. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Receding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: raceing, Recadi, recedent, receeding, receving, reeding, rekeying, resceeding, rewelding. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "receding" (pronounced rusē"ding or rēsē"ding)
7	r u s ē" d i ng	proceeding.
6	-u s ē" d i ng	seceding.
5	-s ē" d i ng	acceding, ceding, conceding, exceeding, interceding, preceding, seeding, succeeding, superseding.
4	-ē" d i ng	bleeding, breeding, feeding, heeding, impeding, inbreeding, kneading, leading, misleading, misreading, needing, pleading, Reding, rereading, speeding, stampeding, weeding.
3	-d i ng	abiding, abounding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, banding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bending, bidding, biding, binding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, brooding, budding, building, cascading, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, fending, feuding, Fielding, finding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handholding, handing, heading, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, hounding, impending, imploding, including, intending, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, lading, landholding, landing, lauding, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, Melding, mending, minding, misspending, misunderstanding, molding, moulding, nodding, nonbinding, nonbuilding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, plodding, portending, pounding, precluding, presiding, pretending, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, rebuilding, recommending, recording, Redding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, spellbinding, spending, spreading, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unfolding, unloading, unwinding, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, welding, wending, wielding, Wilding, winding, withholding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding, yielding.
7	r ē s ē" d i ng	preceding.
5	-s ē" d i ng	acceding, ceding, conceding, exceeding, interceding, proceeding, seceding, seeding, succeeding, superseding.
4	-ē" d i ng	bleeding, breeding, feeding, heeding, impeding, inbreeding, kneading, leading, misleading, misreading, needing, pleading, Reding, rereading, speeding, stampeding, weeding.
3	-d i ng	abiding, abounding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, banding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bending, bidding, biding, binding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, brooding, budding, building, cascading, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, fending, feuding, Fielding, finding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handholding, handing, heading, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, hounding, impending, imploding, including, intending, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, lading, landholding, landing, lauding, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, Melding, mending, minding, misspending, misunderstanding, molding, moulding, nodding, nonbinding, nonbuilding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, plodding, portending, pounding, precluding, presiding, pretending, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, rebuilding, recommending, recording, Redding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, spellbinding, spending, spreading, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unfolding, unloading, unwinding, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, welding, wending, wielding, Wilding, winding, withholding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding, yielding.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-g-i-n-r"
	-1 letter: cringed, dreeing, energid, generic, reeding, reigned.
	-2 letters: ceding, cering, cinder, cringe, decern, deicer, denier, dinger, edenic, edgier, engird, gender, girned, nereid, reding, reined, ringed.
	-3 letters: ceder, cered, cider, creed, cried, deice, deign, dicer, diene, diner, dinge, dirge, edger, eider, ender, genic, genie, genre, greed, green, gride, grind, nicer, niece, reign, renig, riced, ridge.
	-4 letters: cede, cedi, cere, cine, cire, deer, dene, deni, dere, dice, dine, ding, dire, dree, dreg, edge, eger, eide, erne, geed, gene, gied, gien, gird, girn, gree, grid, grin, iced, ired, need, nerd, nice, nide, rede, reed, rein, rend, rice, ride, rind, ring.
	-5 letters: cee, cig, dee, den, die, dig, din, end, eng, ere, erg, ern, ged, gee, gen, gid, gie, gin, ice, ire, nee, rec, red, ree, reg, rei, rid, rig, rin.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-g-i-n-r"
	+1 letter: decerning, decreeing, endoergic, preceding, screeding.
	+2 letters: adrenergic, centigrade, decentring, decreasing, divergence, divergency, endergonic, grandniece, proceeding, reacceding, recognised, recognized, redeciding.
	+3 letters: bedcovering, bedrenching, calendering, centrifuged, coredeeming, decentering, deciphering, deprecating, desecrating, divergences, grandnieces, grecianized, interceding, overdecking, proceedings, reascending, redefecting, redirecting, reeducating, rerecording, retroceding, superceding.
	+4 letters: androgenetic, bedcoverings, cheerleading, crescendoing, decelerating, decertifying, decreasingly, decrementing, degeneracies, depreciating, detergencies, differencing, divergencies, fingerpicked, glycerinated, interchanged, predeceasing, prerecording, recommending, recondensing, reconfigured, recrudescing, redecorating, rededicating, redescribing, rescheduling, unrecognized.
	+5 letters: candlelighter, commandeering, comprehending, confederating, countersigned, credentialing, crossbreeding, decerebrating, decompressing, decrepitating, deprecatingly, disrespecting, monoglyceride, nondecreasing, noradrenergic, overdirecting, overeducating, prescheduling, reaccrediting, recentrifuged, reconsidering, rediscovering, steroidogenic, undercarriage, underreacting.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 63 65 64 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-. . -.-. . -.. .. -. --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#99 &#101 &#100 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0063 0065 0064 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
receding gum	142
receding hairline	45
receding gum line	16
receding hair line	10
receding hairline treatment	6
receding hairlines	5
receding gum cause	4
receding	3
gumline receding	3
cure gum receding	2
gum picture receding	2
receding hair	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Receding

Definitions: Receding

Receding

Adjective

Noun

Synonyms: Receding

Synonyms within Context: Receding

Recession

Regression

Crosswords: Receding

Modern Usage: Receding

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Receding

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Image Slideshow: Receding

Illustrations:Receding

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Photo Album: Receding

Use in Literature: Receding

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Receding

Health

Economic History

Albania

Political Economy

FINLAND

GERMANY

Speeches: Receding

Andrew Jackson

Warren G. Harding

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Receding

Expression: Receding

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Receding

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receding hairlines

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cure gum receding

gum picture receding

receding hair

Modern Translations: Receding

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Ancestral Language Translations: Receding

Derivations & Misspellings: Receding

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Receding"

Anagrams: Receding

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Receding

52 65 63 65 64 69 6E 67

Illustrations:
Receding