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To diminish or lessen gradually; to become or make smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Months after they printed the article, the number of angry letters finally started to taper off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see taper, off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The glass tapers off at the top.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
become smaller or less active
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: narrow, contract
end weakly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peter out, fizzle out, fizzle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discontinue
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
減少 /减少
(jiǎnshǎo)
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Esperanto:
stompi
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Finnish:
hiipua
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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French:
estomper
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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German:
zurückgehen
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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German:
nachlassen
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
alábbhagy
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
ritkul
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
gyérül
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
szelídül
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
enyhül
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
mérséklődik
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
elcsendesül
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
elül
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
fogyatkozik
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
apad
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Hungarian:
csillapodik
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Italian:
calare
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Japanese:
細る
(hosoru)
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Latin:
oblanguescō
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Polish:
słabnąć
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Polish:
osłabnąć
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Polish:
zamierać
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Polish:
zamrzeć
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Russian:
сходи́ть на нет
(sxodítʹ na net)
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Russian:
угасать
(ugasatʹ)
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Spanish:
aflojar
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.
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Swedish:
avta
— diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc.