| VERB | motion | recede, withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back | pull back or move away or backward |
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| competition | recede, fall back, drop off, fall behind | retreat | |
| change | recede | become faint or more distant |
| Sounds | rihsiy'd | |
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| Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... | |
| Meaning | pull back or move away or backward. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back | |
| Narrower | back up, back off, back down | Move backwards from a certain position |
| fall back | move back and away from | |
| retrograde, retreat | Move back / back | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Opposite | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| Similar to | retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
| Spanish | alejarse, jubilar, retirarse, retirar, retroceder, suprimir | |
| Catalan | allunyar-se, apartar-se, jubilar, retirar-se, retirar, retrocedir, suprimir | |
| Nouns | receding | the act of becoming more distant |
| Meaning | retreat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | fall back, drop off, fall behind | |
| Broader | regress, retrograde, retrogress | get worse or fall back to a previous condition |
| See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
| Opposite | gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground | Obtain advantages, such as points, etc. |
| Spanish | abandonar, perder, replegarse, retirarse, retroceder | |
| Nouns | receding | the act of becoming more distant |
| recession | the act of ceding / ceding back | |
| Meaning | Become faint or more distant. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" | |
| Narrower | ebb | fall away or decline |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Nouns | receding | a slow or gradual disappearance |
| recession | the act of becoming more distant | |
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