fade out

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fade out (plural fade outs)

  1. (film, television) A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut.

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fade out (third-person singular simple present fades out, present participle fading out, simple past and past participle faded out)

  1. (idiomatic) To slowly disappear; to wither away.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To sneak away.
  3. (film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from a cut to black in a movie.
    • 2024, Jackie Evancho (lyrics and music), “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla[1]:
      Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline
  4. (music, audio, transitive, intransitive) To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence.

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