{
    "term": "recede",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "image": "data/images/bo/body_hair.png",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "recede",
            "heSheIt": "recedes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "receded",
        "pastParticiple": "receded",
        "ingForm": "receding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move gradually away from somebody or away from a previous position",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The sound of the truck receded into the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She watched his receding figure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His footsteps receded into the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The water receded back to its mysterious depths."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a bit", "a little", "slightly"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["recede into the background", "recede into the distance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become gradually weaker or smaller",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded *(= it is less likely)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pain was receding slightly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pain was gradually receding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These worries now receded from his mind."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a bit", "a little", "slightly"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["recede into the background", "recede into the distance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to stop growing at the front of the head",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a middle-aged man with **receding hair/a receding hairline**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a bit", "a little", "slightly"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["recede into the background", "recede into the distance"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a chin (= part of the face below the mouth) that slopes backwards towards the neck",
            "sensetop": "a receding chin",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːd/",
                "audio": "re/recede/recede__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdz/",
                "audio": "re/recede/recedes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "re/recede/receded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recede/receding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːd/",
                "audio": "re/recede/recede__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdz/",
                "audio": "re/recede/recedes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "re/recede/receded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recede/receding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘depart from a usual state or standard’): from Latin recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’."
}