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Recedes vs Receded - What's the difference?

recedes | receded |

As verbs the difference between recedes and receded

is that recedes is third-person singular of recede while receded is past tense of recede.

recedes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (recede)

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    recede

    English

    Verb

    (reced)
  • To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
  • * Dryden
    • Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.
  • * Bentley
    • All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.
  • To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
    • to recede conquered territory
  • To take back.

    • Synonyms

    * withdraw

    Derived terms

    * receding

    Related terms

    * cede * recedence * recession * recess * recessive

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    receded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (recede)

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