waning

Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  2. verb grow smaller
  3. verb become smaller

Etymology

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
decrease
Opposite (antonyms)
waxing

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