"fade out" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-fade out.ogg [Australia] 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 Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 31 21 27 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

Verb

Audio: en-au-fade out.ogg [Australia] 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): 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 with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 32 23 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 20 35 21 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 31 21 27 Disambiguation of 'to slowly disappear': 85 5 10
  2. (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 Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 31 21 27 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'to fade from a cut to black in a movie': 8 84 8
  3. (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
    Sense id: en-fade_out-en-verb-fE5XDkbF Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 27 19 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 31 21 27 Topics: audio, electrical-engineering, engineering, entertainment, lifestyle, music, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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      "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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