fade-out

noun

ˈfād-ˌau̇t 

: an act or instance of fading out

especially : a gradual decrease in a motion-picture or television image's visibility at the end of a sequence

Examples of fade-out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such a consequential app deserved a major fade-out. —Steffi Cao, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025

Is this just stage one of the slow, graceful fade-out both players desire — a farewell tour that lasts multiple years like Elton John? —Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024

And any fade-out of Boomers could shift American politics. —Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2024

Short, choppy conversations typically result in both quicker fade-outs and volume adjustments, while audio levels revert more gradually with longer conversations or patches of speech. —Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023

Trending Now: Radiation, a mainstay of cancer treatment, begins a fade-out One legal expert emphasized that the food companies suing over a policy is generally the mark of a strong law. —Nicholas Florko, STAT, 21 Aug. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fade-out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout