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receded
We have found lemma(root) word of receded : recede.
Definitions
[rɪˈsiːd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- go or move back or further away from a previous position
(e.g: the floodwaters had receded)
- (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish
(e.g: the prospects of an early end to the war receded)
- (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead
(e.g: his dark hair was receding a little)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘depart from a usual state or standard’): from Latin recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’
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