recede

See also: recedé

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

recede (third-person singular simple present recedes, present participle receding, simple past and past participle receded)

1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

   Synonyms: (obsolete, rare) recur, retrocede

   • 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore.

   • 1725, Richard Bentley, The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism:

     All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center.

2. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

   to recede conquered territory

3. To take back.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• receding

Related terms

• cede
• recedence
• recession
• recess
• recessive

Translations

move back, move away

• Bulgarian: оттеглям се (ottegljam se), отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam), вдлъбвам се (vdlǎbvam se)
• Catalan: recular (ca), retirar-se (ca), allunyar-se (ca)
• Czech: ustoupit
• Danish: trække sig tilbage (da)
• Dutch: zich (nl) terugtrekken (nl)
• Finnish: vetäytyä (fi), perääntyä (fi)
• French: reculer (fr), se retirer (fr)
• Galician: recuar (gl), cear (gl)
• German: zurückgehen (de), schwinden (de)
• Irish: téigh ar gcúl, cúlaigh
• Italian: recedere (it)
• Japanese: あそびをとる (asobi wo toru)
• Latin: recēdō
• Middle English: receden
• Norwegian: trekke seg tilbake
• Polish: wycofać się (pl) pf, wycofywać się (pl) impf
• Romanian: retrage (ro)
• Russian: отступа́ть (ru) (otstupátʹ), убыва́ть (ru) (ubyvátʹ)
• Spanish: alejarse (es), retroceder (es), recejar (es), recular (es), ciar (es), cejar (es), tener entradas (of hair), caer (es) (of hair)

take back

• Bulgarian: връщам обратно (vrǎštam obratno)
• Dutch: terugnemen (nl)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “recede”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• decree

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: re‧cè‧de

Verb

recede

1. third-person singular present indicative of recedere

Anagrams

• cedere

Latin

Verb

recēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of recēdō

Middle English

Verb

recede

1. alternative form of receden

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈret͡ʃede/

Verb

reċede

1. inflection of reċċan:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite
   2. first/third-person singular preterite subjunctive