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Meaning of Receding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The action of something that recedes.
  2. A recessed part.

Equivalents

العربية الإنحسار
Ελληνικά αναρρούσα
Latina refluus

Examples

“the great overflowings and recedings of the waters”
“The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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