waning
pronunciation
How to pronounce waning in British English:
UK ['weɪnɪŋ]
How to pronounce waning in American English:
US ['weɪnɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
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- Adjective:
- (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
Word Origin
- waning (adj.)
- Old English wanunge, wonunge, present participle of wanian (see wane).
Example
- 1. The us does not look quite the waning power of fashionable fancy .
- 2. In fact the gang of four 's power has been waning for some time .
- 3. More important is mr berlusconi 's own vulnerability , which is increasing as supporters begin to fret over his waning popularity .
- 4. The picture the report paints is of a waning west and a rising east and south , mirroring the economic shifts going on in the wider world .
- 5. The twenty-first century is likely to be known as the ' anti-imperialist century ' , marking a growing intolerance of the waning us empire .