recede

recede
intransitive verb
1) [Hochwasser, Flut:] zurückgehen; [Küste:] zurückweichen

his hair is beginning to recede — er bekommt eine Stirnglatze

2) (be left at increasing distance)

recede [into the distance] — in der Ferne verschwinden

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[ri'si:d]
verb
1) (to go or move back: When the rain stopped, the floods receded; His hair is receding from his forehead.) zurückgehen
2) (to become distant: The coast receded behind us as we sailed away.) verschwinden
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re·cede
[rɪˈsi:d]
vi
1. (move farther away) sea, tide zurückgehen; fog sich akk auflösen
2. (appear farther off)
to \recede into the distance in der Ferne verschwinden
3. (fig: diminish) weniger werden; memories verblassen; prices, hopes sinken; trends sich akk abschwächen
4. (stop growing) hair aufhören zu wachsen; (go bald) kahl[köpfig] werden, eine Glatze bekommen
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[rɪ'siːd]
vi
1) (tide) zurückgehen; (fig) sich entfernen; (hope) schwinden

to recede into the distance — in der Ferne verschwinden

all hope is receding — jegliche Hoffnung schwindet

2)

if untreated, the gums recede — ohne Behandlung bildet sich das Zahnfleisch zurück

his forehead recedes a bit — er hat eine leicht fliehende Stirn

his hair is receding — er hat eine leichte Stirnglatze

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3) (price) zurückgehen
4)

to recede from (opinion, view etc) — abgehen von, aufgeben

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recede [rıˈsiːd] v/i
1. (from) zurücktreten, -gehen (von), -weichen (vor dat):
his hair is beginning to recede (from his forehead) er bekommt eine Stirnglatze;
his hair is receding at the temples er hat Geheimratsecken umg hum;
recede into the background fig in den Hintergrund treten
2. ent-, verschwinden
3. (from)
a) zurücktreten (von):
recede from an office (a contract, etc)
b) Abstand nehmen (von):
recede from a project
c) aufgeben (akk):
recede from an opinion
4. besonders WIRTSCH zurückgehen, im Wert fallen
5. POL US die oppositionelle Haltung im Kongress aufgeben
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intransitive verb
1) [Hochwasser, Flut:] zurückgehen; [Küste:] zurückweichen

his hair is beginning to recede — er bekommt eine Stirnglatze

2) (be left at increasing distance)

recede [into the distance] — in der Ferne verschwinden

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v.
zurück treten v.
zurücktreten (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

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