fading away
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3.8
- noun
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desvanecimiento
- I had no sense of fading away or coming back.
- fading away slowly
- just fading away
- fading away quickly
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- And he's doing it with the American defence umbrella and a fading away.
- How much of that sits with you and changes how you live on a daily basis versus, you know, fading away?
Examples
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Now it seems that they are fading away into the history books.
Blog text (1) -
Within a week, we knew that he was fading away quickly.
Blog text (19) -
The world is falling apart and our duties and morality are fading away.
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As I dart across the yard, I can hear my friends' voices gradually fading away in the distance.
Blog text (18) -
It's been 3 years since I've graduated, and the scars are still there but are fading away in time.
Blog text (5) -
Grandpop was dying, Brian's parents had been dead for years, Kris was fading away from him, and he wasn't really close enough to any of his roommates to rely on them for support.
Fiction book (2002) -
As the sunset approached, the colors in the sky began to fade away, leaving a dark canvas.
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After the final song, the crowd slowly started to fade away from the concert hall.
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The distant sound of music began to fade away until it was completely silent.
Synonyms
6
6.6
A slow decrease in size, strength, or number
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6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
1
9.6
A brief fading from sight or memory
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6.7
A slow decrease in strength, amount, or intensity
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3.0
A slow loss of strength, color, or sound over time
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5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
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5.3
A slow disappearance of sound or image at the end of a recording
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6.0
A gradual decrease in size or strength
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7.4
A gradual decrease in volume in music
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9.0
A complete disappearance of someone or something so it cannot be seen
A slow decrease in sound or light until it disappears
Becoming quieter over time in music
Antonyms
How Faded
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'fading' (a process of diminishing) with 'away' (disappearing/out), yielding a clear sense of gradual disappearance. This compositional pattern is common in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase fading away creates a simple image: imagine a light or a sound that slowly loses its color or volume until it is almost gone. The words fading meaning 'getting weaker' and away meaning 'moving out' help explain why it now means a gradual loss — 'almost nothing remains'.