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English
Pronunciation
Noun
fade out (plural fade outs)
- (film, television) A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut.
Translations
type of transition used in movies
Verb
fade out (third-person singular simple present fades out, present participle fading out, simple past and past participle faded out)
- (idiomatic) To slowly disappear; to wither away.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To sneak away.
- (film, television, transitive, intransitive) To fade from a cut to black in a movie.
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
- (music, audio, transitive, intransitive) To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence.
Coordinate terms
Translations
to fade from a cut to black in a movie
