1[intransitive]to move gradually away from somebody or away from a previous positionThe sound of the truck receded into the distance.She watched his receding figure.2[intransitive] (especially of a problem, feeling or quality) to become gradually weaker or smallerThe prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely).The pain was receding slightly.3[intransitive] (of hair) to stop growing at the front of the heada middle-aged man with receding hair/a receding hairline4[intransitive]a recede china chin that slopes backwards towards the neck
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