Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

receding

/ɹɪsˈidɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: re-ced-ing
IPA: /ɹɪsˈidɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of recede

adj

Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.

noun

The action of something that recedes.

noun

A recessed part.

Example Sentences

"a receding hairline"
"the great overflowings and recedings of the waters"
"The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]"

Inflected Forms

more receding (comparative) most receding (superlative) recedings (plural)

Derived Forms

recedingly recedingness unreceding

Synonyms

recession fadeout

Rhymes With

reading leading feeding bleeding breeding needing misleading preceding speeding proceeding succeeding exceeding

Questions

How do you pronounce receding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪsˈidɪŋ/.
What does receding mean?: present participle and gerund of recede

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