wane
verb/weɪn/
/weɪn/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they wane | /weɪn/ /weɪn/ |
| he / she / it wanes | /weɪnz/ /weɪnz/ |
| past simple waned | /weɪnd/ /weɪnd/ |
| past participle waned | /weɪnd/ /weɪnd/ |
| -ing form waning | /ˈweɪnɪŋ/ /ˈweɪnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to become gradually weaker or less important synonym decrease, fade
- Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly.
- Their popularity waned during that period.
- Demand for the product shows no signs of waning.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- somewhat
- considerably
- …
- begin to
- wax and wane
- [intransitive] (of the moon) to appear slightly smaller each day after being round and full opposite waxTopics Spacec2
Word OriginOld English wanian ‘lessen’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin vanus ‘vain’.
Idioms
See wane in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee wane in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishwax and wane
- (literary) to increase then decrease in strength, importance, etc. over a period of time
- Public interest in the issue has waxed and waned over the years.
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