wane
/weɪn/
US pronunciation
American sound/weɪn/
wane
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> wane
Myanmar meaning
လဆုတ်ဖြစ်သည်။ အင်အား၊ သက်လုံအား၊ အရေးပါမှု၊ ပမာဏတို့တွင် လျော့ပါး၊ လျော့နည်းသွားသည်။ လဆုတ်ခြင်း။ လျော့နည်းခြင်း။ လျော့နည်းနေသော။ ကျဆင်းနေသော။
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- ‘Tonight and for the next week or so while the moon is waning with the brightest appearance next Tuesday night.’
- ‘By the time the moon wanes and Ramadan begins, some of the young men we are searching for might be under a different night sky and under bombardment from American aircraft.’
- ‘I knew Sarah would come in the same way I knew the moon would grow and wane in cycles.’
- ‘Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds.’
- ‘On the 30th, at 10: 31 P.M., the Moon wanes to last quarter for the second time in August.’
- ‘Though my friend's interest waned and our friendship failed, my interest in the Craft only grew stronger.’
- ‘This is much like a futures contract, an exchange traded forward agreement, that starts off hot with growing open interest, but then interest wanes with the contract's eventual delisting.’
- ‘If, for any reason, dollar confidence wanes these holders could move to ‘hedge’ or liquidate holdings.’
- ‘Then we heard that the water was opening for pike fishing, so the trout interest waned somewhat.’
- ‘It's all very well to have a decent sex scene here and there, but when it's pretty much only that surrounded by an extremely meagre plot, I find my interest wanes rather quickly.’
- ‘Any pups in the pack would show interest in the collar, however this interest would wane to none after 7-10 days.’
- ‘Martin Lee thinks his party's public support remains firm, even as China fears wane.’
- ‘Those who attack the veil often do so, not out of republican passion, but because that passion has waned.’
- ‘As a result, the Commonwealth's powers have waxed and the residual ones of the states have waned.’
- ‘I know I am being harsh but I have watched two out of th the three hours thus far aired and my interest is already waning.’
- ‘My joy waned as I was greeted by the bright faces of Trevor and Simon looking up at me from the front of the card.’
- ‘He has rightly suggested Ascot, who would welcome the move as they hold a lingering suspicion that interest is waning in steeplechasing.’
- ‘All the lands were grey and still; and ever the shadows deepened before them, and hope waned in every heart.’
- ‘Your Aries child will display a great deal of enthusiasm in his or her day to day life - but be warned that this enthusiasm can wane very quickly as the child moves on to the next interest.’
- ‘Interest had waned over time although expectations were high that the site clean-up might re-awaken it.’
Synonyms
diminish, decrease, decline, get smaller, fade, disappear, vanish, abate, atrophy, backflow, ceasing to exist, cropper, decline and fall, dematerialization, desistance, devolution, die away, die down, die out, dim, disappearance, disappearing act, draw to a close, drop, dwindle, ease off, ebb, ending, fade away, fade out, fade-out, fadeout, fading away, fail, fall, fall short, lessen, let up, low water, moderate, omega, on the skids, outward flow, peter out, pratfall, refluence, reflux, relent, retrocession, retroflux, shrink, sink, slack off, slacken, subside, taper off, waste away, weaken, wearing away, wind down, windup, wither
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