"fade out" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-fade out.ogg Forms: fade outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fade out (plural fade outs)
  1. (film, television) A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut. Categories (topical): Film, Television Translations (type of transition used in movies): häivytys (Finnish), fondu de fermeture [masculine] (French), Ausblenden [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-fade_out-en-noun-0J-O3Cxt Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Verb

Audio: en-au-fade out.ogg Forms: fades out [present, singular, third-person], fading out [participle, present], faded out [participle, past], faded out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fade out (third-person singular simple present fades out, present participle fading out, simple past and past participle faded out)
  1. (idiomatic) To slowly disappear; to wither away. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to slowly disappear): fadi (Esperanto), häipyä näkymättömiin (Finnish), memeha (Maori), rerehu (Maori), tāromaroma (Maori), kōriorio (Maori), ngongohe (Maori), tāmatemate (Maori), evanescer (Spanish), desvanecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fade_out-en-verb-lMhjrguX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 32 3 22 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 20 34 5 22 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 53 4 16 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 32 3 23 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 35 2 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 41 4 20 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 43 8 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 38 7 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 39 5 20 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 38 9 19 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 38 4 21 18 Disambiguation of 'to slowly disappear': 91 1 4 4
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To sneak away. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fade_out-en-verb-BXkKCoES
  3. (film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from a cut to black in a movie. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Film, Television Coordinate_terms: fade in Translations (to fade from a cut to black in a movie): häivyttää (Finnish), ausblenden (German)
    Sense id: en-fade_out-en-verb-gVJnh1ca Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'to fade from a cut to black in a movie': 11 2 79 8
  4. (music, audio, transitive, intransitive) To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Music

Inflected forms

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      "topics": [
        "audio",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-fade out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/En-au-fade_out.ogg/En-au-fade_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/En-au-fade_out.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "fadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "häipyä näkymättömiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "memeha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "rerehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "tāromaroma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "kōriorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "ngongohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "tāmatemate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "evanescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to slowly disappear",
      "word": "desvanecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fade from a cut to black in a movie",
      "word": "häivyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fade from a cut to black in a movie",
      "word": "ausblenden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fade out"
}

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