fade in

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Noun

fade in (plural fade ins)

  1. (film, television) A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image.

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fade in (third-person singular simple present fades in, present participle fading in, simple past and past participle faded in)

  1. (film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media.
    • 2024, Jackie Evancho (lyrics and music), “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla:
      Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline
  2. (music, audio, transitive, intransitive) To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over.

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