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wane

/weɪn/

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noun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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Similar:

ebb ebbing

type of:
decline diminution
verb
grow smaller
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"Interest in the project waned"

Similar:

decline go down

type of:
decrease lessen fall diminish
verb
become smaller
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"Interest in his novels waned"
Opposite:

wax

type of:
decrease lessen fall diminish
verb
decrease in phase
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Opposite:

wax

type of:
lessen decrease diminish fall

Examples of wane

"Interest in the project waned"
"Interest in his novels waned"