fade out

noun, verb — 5 senses

fade out

noun
1

Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut.

fade out

verb
1

Idiomatic To slowly disappear; to wither away.

2

Idiomatic To sneak away.

3

Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television To fade from a cut to black in a movie.

  • Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline2024, Jackie Evancho, “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla:
4

Audio, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence.

Coordinate terms
fade in

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