MEANING
1. To become less intense, active, or severe.
2. To sink or settle to a lower level, especially of land or water.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- pain subsides
- the storm subsides
On the page
The applause subsided before she reached the microphone.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- subside
- Past tense
- subsided
- Past participle
- subsided
- Present participle
- subsiding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- subside
- Present continuous
- am/is/are subsiding
- Present perfect
- have/has subsided
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been subsiding
- Past
- subsided
- Past continuous
- was/were subsiding
- Past perfect
- had subsided
- Past perfect continuous
- had been subsiding
- Future
- will subside
- Future continuous
- will be subsiding
- Future perfect
- will have subsided
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been subsiding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: subside; subsides; subsided; subsided; subsiding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: subsides.
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