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fading

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See also: fǎdìng

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ

Verb

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fading

  1. present participle and gerund of fade.
    fading light;  fading memory;  fading reputation
    • 2013 October 19, Banyan, “The meaning of Sachin”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:
      With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.

Noun

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fading (plural fadings)

  1. The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
  2. (obsolete) An Irish dance.[1]
  3. (obsolete) The burden of a song.[1]

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 fading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.