FromMiddle Frenchreceder, fromLatinrecedere(“towithdraw; to go back”), fromre- +cedere(“to go”).
recede (third-person singular simple presentrecedes,present participlereceding,simple past and past participlereceded)
- To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- Synonyms:(obsolete, rare)recur,retrocede
1725,Richard Bentley,The Folly and Unreasonableness of Atheism:All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour torecede from the center.
- Tocede back; to grant or yield again to a formerpossessor.
- torecede conquered territory
- To take back.
(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
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
- 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),tenerentradas(of hair),caer (es)(of hair)
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- IPA(key): /reˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
- Rhymes:-ɛde
- Hyphenation:re‧cè‧de
recede
- third-personsingularpresentindicative ofrecedere
recēde
- second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofrecēdō
reċede
- inflection ofreċċan:
- first/third-personsingularpreterite
- first/third-personsingularpreteritesubjunctive
