wane

/wein/
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wane

The moon wanes in the night sky.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To decrease gradually in size, intensity, or power: To become progressively smaller or weaker over time.
    • To decrease in phase (of the moon): To show a decreasing amount of its illuminated surface after a full moon.

  2. Noun:

    • A gradual decline or decrease: The process or period of diminishing in size, strength, power, or number.
Usage Examples

  • Verb:

    • The moon is waning. (The visible, illuminated part of the moon is getting smaller.)
    • Public interest in the trend waned quickly. (Public interest in the trend diminished gradually.)
    • Her enthusiasm for the job began to wane after a few months. (Her enthusiasm started to decrease.)

  • Noun:

    • The empire was in its wane. (The empire was in a period of gradual decline.)
    • He could feel the wane of his physical strength. (He could feel the gradual decrease of his physical strength.)
Advanced Usage
  • "To be on the wane": To be in a period of decline or decreasing.
    • The popularity of that music genre is on the wane. (That music genre is becoming less popular.)
    • His political influence is on the wane. (His political influence is diminishing.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Waning (adj/n): The process of decreasing. (e.g., ; ).
  • Wax and wane: An idiom describing something that increases and then decreases in a cyclical manner. (This is listed here as it is a common fixed phrase containing the target word).
Synonyms
  • Verb: Diminish, decline, decrease, dwindle, subside, fade, ebb.
  • Noun: Decline, decrease, diminution, ebb, downturn.
Antonyms
  • Verb: Wax, grow, increase, strengthen, rise.
  • Noun: Waxing, growth, increase, rise.
Related Idioms
  • "Wax and wane": To undergo alternating periods of increase and decrease.
    • Fashion trends constantly wax and wane. (Fashion trends are always cycling in and out of popularity.)
wane

The moon wanes in the night sky.

Noun
  1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Verb
  1. decrease in phase
    • the moon is waning
  2. become smaller
    • Interest in his novels waned
  3. grow smaller
    • Interest in the project waned

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