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fade-out

[ feyd-out ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Movies, Television. a gradual decrease in the visibility of a scene.
Broadcasting, Recording. a gradual decrease in the volume of sound, especially of recorded or broadcast music, dialogue, or the like, usually ending in complete inaudibility.
a gradual disappearance or reduction:
the fade-out of a brilliant career.

fade-out

noun

films an optical effect in which a shot slowly disappears into darkness
a gradual reduction in signal strength in a radio or television broadcast
a gradual and temporary loss of a received radio or television signal due to atmospheric disturbances, magnetic storms, etc
a slow or gradual disappearance

verb

to decrease or cause to decrease gradually, as vision or sound in a film or broadcast

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fade-out¹

First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase fade out

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Example Sentences

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It seemed an appropriate sort of fade-out for the deluge of Friday.

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There is a sense of resignation or fade-out in the script’s formation, as if the word were not worth completing, the gods having long since departed.

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Just to keep things off- balance, every now and then the band adds an extra beat, while a long, gradual fade-out suggests she’s still a little reluctant to move on.

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For Scully, who died Tuesday at 94, there was never any fall from grace, never any fade-out into some new technology.

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But the song doesn’t end with a fade-out.

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fadeless fader

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