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- [dim]
- /dɪm/
- /ˈdɪm.ɪŋ/
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- [dim]
- /dɪm/
Definitions of dimming word
- adjective dimming not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight. 1
- adjective dimming not seen clearly or in detail; indistinct: a dim object in the distance. 1
- adjective dimming not clear to the mind; vague: a dim idea. 1
- adjective dimming not brilliant; dull in luster: a dim color. 1
- adjective dimming not clear or distinct to the senses; faint: a dim sound. 1
- adjective dimming not seeing clearly: eyes dim with tears. 1
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Origin of dimming
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English, Old English dim(me), cognate with Old Frisian dim, Old Norse dimmr
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Parts of speech for Dimming
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dimming popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dimming
noun dimming
- penumbra — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
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