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subsidesubside /səbˈsaɪd/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYsubsideOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin subsidere, from sidere to sit down, sink VERB TABLEsubside |
Present | I, you, we, they | subside | | he, she, it | subsides | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | subsided | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have subsided | | he, she, it | has subsided | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had subsided | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will subside | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have subsided |
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Present | I | am subsiding | | he, she, it | is subsiding | | you, we, they | are subsiding | Past | I, he, she, it | was subsiding | | you, we, they | were subsiding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been subsiding | | he, she, it | has been subsiding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been subsiding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be subsiding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been subsiding |
1if a feeling, noise, bad weather condition, etc. subsides, it gradually becomes less strong or severe: The pain began to subside.2formal if something such as water, land, or a building subsides, it gradually sinks to a lower level3earth science, geography if water, especially flood water, subsides, it gradually goes under the ground or back to a normal level |