recede

recede

See also: recedé

English

Etymology

From Middle French receder, from Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɨˈsiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

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.
   • 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 731548838:

     Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore.

   • 1725, Richard Bentley, The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism

     All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center.

2. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

   to recede conquered territory

3. To take back.

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Synonyms

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• withdraw

Derived terms

• receding

Related terms

• cede
• recedence
• recession
• recess
• recessive

Translations

move back, move away

Bulgarian: оттеглям се (ottegljam se), отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam) Catalan: recular (ca), retirar-se (ca), allunyar-se (ca) Czech: ustoupit Dutch: zich (nl) terugtrekken (nl) French: reculer (fr), se retirer (fr) Galician: recuar (gl), cear (gl) Irish: téigh ar gcúl Italian: recedere (it) Latin: recēdō Norwegian: trekke seg tilbake Polish: wycofać się (pl) pf, wycofywać się (pl) impf Romanian: retrage (ro) Spanish: alejarse (es)

take back

Bulgarian: връщам обратно (vrǎštam obratno) Dutch: terugnemen (nl)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “recede”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• decree

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: re‧cè‧de

Verb

recede

1. third-person singular present indicative of recedere

Anagrams

• cedere

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Latin

Verb

recēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recēdō

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈret͡ʃede/

Verb

reċede

1. inflection of reċċan:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular preterite subjunctive