"fade in" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fade ins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fade in (plural fade ins)
  1. (film, television) A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image.
    Sense id: en-fade_in-en-noun-hJhunzDw Categories (other): Film, Television Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Verb

Forms: fades in [present, singular, third-person], fading in [participle, present], faded in [participle, past], faded in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fade in (third-person singular simple present fades in, present participle fading in, simple past and past participle faded in)
  1. (film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media. Tags: intransitive, transitive Coordinate_terms: fade out
    Sense id: en-fade_in-en-verb-q4u52KmM Categories (other): Film, Television Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (music, audio, transitive, intransitive) To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-fade_in-en-verb-dMLyeEML Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 57 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 25 24 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 16 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 13 76 Topics: audio, electrical-engineering, engineering, entertainment, lifestyle, music, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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