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| NOUN: | A gradual disappearance, especially of a film image: dissolve, fadeaway, fade-out. See INCREASE, SEE. | | VERB: | 1. To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly: disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade out, vanish. See SHOW. 2. To become inaudible: die (away, out, or down), fade out. See INCREASE. 3. To disappear gradually by or as if by dispersal of particles: dissolve, melt (away). See INCREASE, SEE. 4. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fail, flag2, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. Informal : fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See INCREASE, STRONG. | | PHRASAL VERB: | fade out To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly: disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish. See SHOW. fade out 1. To become inaudible: die (away, out, or down), fade. See INCREASE. 2. To make (a film image) disappear gradually: dissolve. See INCREASE, SEE.
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