{
    "term": "fade",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "fade",
            "heSheIt": "fades"
        },
        "pastSimple": "faded",
        "pastParticiple": "faded",
        "ingForm": "fading"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become or to make something become paler or less bright",
            "sensetop": "fade from somethingfade something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The curtains had faded in the sun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All colour had faded from the sky.",
                    "contextForm": "fade from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun had faded the curtains.",
                    "contextForm": "fade something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was wearing faded blue jeans."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to disappear gradually",
            "sensetop": "fade awayfade from somethingfade to/into something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her smile faded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hopes of reaching an agreement seem to be fading away.",
                    "contextForm": "fade away"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The laughter faded away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The smile faded from his face.",
                    "contextForm": "fade from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His voice faded to a whisper *(= gradually became quieter)*.",
                    "contextForm": "fade to/into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All other issues **fade into insignificance** compared with the struggle for survival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Summer was fading into autumn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their voices faded into the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was impossible for her to fade quietly into the background."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "rapidly"],
                "verb + fade": ["begin to", "seem to"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if a sports player, team, actor, etc. fades, they stop playing or performing as well as they did before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Black faded on the final bend."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be disappearing quickly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hopes of a peace settlement were **fading fast**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/feɪd/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/fade__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/feɪdz/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/fades__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/faded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/fading__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/feɪd/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/fade__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/feɪdz/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/fades__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/faded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fa/fade/fading__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘grow weak’): from Old French fader, from fade ‘dull, insipid’, probably based on a blend of Latin fatuus ‘silly, insipid’ and vapidus ‘vapid’."
}