Meaning & use
Fadeout
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A gradual decrease in the intensity of sound, light, or an image until it disappears completely, especially as a technique in film or audio production.
See it in a sentence
The song ends with a slow fadeout rather than a hard stop.
The director used a fadeout to signal the passage of many years.
A note on using this word
Often written with a hyphen as "fade-out"; both forms are common in music and film production contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
fade-outdissolve
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Words with an opposite meaning
fade-in
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