adj
Meaning 1
declining; growing less
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There is dwindling support for New Labour.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dwindling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A gradual reduction to nothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of dwindle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
gradually decreasing until little remains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tapering, tapering off
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a becoming gradually less
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dwindling away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, lessening, drop-off
Narrower terms: fading away
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: vervallend — that is declining
- Dutch: verminderend — that is declining
- Finnish: vähenevä — that is declining
- French: déclinant — that is declining
- French: diminuant — that is declining
- Hungarian: csökkenő — that is declining
- Hungarian: visszaeső — that is declining
- Italian: diminuzione — that is declining
- Italian: calo — that is declining
- Portuguese: declínio — that is declining
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