fadeout

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noun

A gradual disappearance or fading away.

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Meanings

nounfadeout (plural fadeouts)

plural fadeouts · alternative fade-out

  1. A gradual disappearance or fading away.

    The scene ends with a fadeout to unconsciousness.

    2009 February 17, Howard W. French, “Surviving a Hitch in an Army of Boys”, in New York Times
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    Radio fadeouts in the arctic are caused by solar explosions and sunspot activity.

    1959, United States, Rescue and Survival Specialist, Department of the Air Force, pages 3–22

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna slow or gradual disappearance

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APA

fadeout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadeout

MLA

“fadeout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadeout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fadeout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadeout.

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