waned
past simple and past participle ofwane
| 单词 | waned |
| 释义 | waned past simple and past participle ofwane wane verb[I] uk/weɪn/us/weɪn/tobecomeweakerinstrengthorinfluence: By the late 70s the band'spopularitywasbeginningto wane. Synonyms decline(GO DOWN) decrease diminish drop(LOWER) ebb(FEELING) formal Themoonwanes when itgraduallyappearsless and less round, after thefullmoon. Opposite wax(MOON)formal Becoming and making less strong
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Astronomy Examplesofwanedwaned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The public's interest in funding balloons peaked in the late 1780s, but never fullywaned. From theCambridge English Corpus At 6 months of age, maternal antibodies hadwanedbelow cut-off values in approximately half of the infants. From theCambridge English Corpus During the last two decades, empirical supports for the analytic capabilities of unconscious cognition have graduallywaned. From theCambridge English Corpus The need for knowledge in artisanshipwaned, to be replaced by a need for ingenuity in the utilisation and adaptation of 'ready to use' components. From theCambridge English Corpus However, when a party's strength was not clearly dominant orwanedin a region, that party lost the elections. From theCambridge English Corpus They had their opportunity but failed, and their power then graduallywaned. From theCambridge English Corpus The space for such informal and personalised negotiations, however, seems to havewaned. From theCambridge English Corpus But its lustrewanedas rapidly as it had been acquired a few years earlier. From theCambridge English Corpus But by then, his day-today influence hadwaned. From theCambridge English Corpus In the remaining three patients, strains waxed andwanedover time. From theCambridge English Corpus Overnight the royal patron was gone and, as the centurywaned, urbanization took population away from the old temple cities where most devadasi were based. From theCambridge English Corpus As concern about the environmental risks of genetic modificationwaned, congressional attention turned elsewhere. From theCambridge English Corpus While the economic fortunes of older men appear to havewaned, so the relative fortunes of women have apparently boomed. From theCambridge English Corpus More people dispersed to villages and the power of the chiefswaned. From theCambridge English Corpus With the advent of corporate capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century, state capacity to regulate through statutory lawwaned. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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