Recede means to move away; if it's recede into the background, you could use "fade."
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approach, increase
The root word of "recede" is "cede," which means to yield or give up. Adding the prefix "re-" to "cede" changes the meaning to move back or retreat.
he had recede hair.
I am waiting for the tide to recede.
How can you use the word recede in a sentence?
The flood waters finally started to recede as the rains stopped. Jenna thought she saw the hungry wolf recede into the shadows.
As the floodwaters began to recede, the extent of the damage to the neighborhood became apparent.
A word that has the same meaning as another word is a synonym.
The word in the passage with the same meaning as instantly is "immediately."
The word retreat is a noun and a verb. The noun form is the act of withdrawing. The verb form means to withdraw military forces.
Not exactly. This is a case of an "antonym of a synonym" that is not close enough, although you will see it appear in a thesaurus.The word increase means to become larger in value, size, amount, or use. It can be an antonym of the words "diminish" and "decline" which are synonyms for recede in some cases.The word recede has a positional connotation, meaning to retreat, move back or move away. More apt antonyms (opposites) would be to advance (move forward) or spread.