There are such words (and there are many of them) in which the meaning is not interesting, but the origin. As for the meaning, we read it intuitively or from the context. These are the words our today's hero refers to - “fade”. This is the verb that we will consider impartially, but in great detail.
Origin
Do you know the expression: “The light has faded”? Usually this happens in a situation when a person is told something tragic. For instance:
- When I was informed that my classmate had died, the light faded.
And most importantly, you can no longer add a huge number of letters and words that would explain the emotional proximity of the deceased to someone who hears about his tragic death. Everything is clear, for a very characteristic verb in a vivid expression was used.
And all because he (the verb) has close kinship with words such as:
So says the etymological dictionary. He also says that our object of study has an ancestor - to fade.
Value
But daylight or anything can fade also against the background of something more brilliant. For instance:
- Stars faded compared to her beauty.
Yes, the compliment is pretty hackneyed, but probably still effective. Although the stars are now not meant to be celestial bodies, but those who flicker on the monitor screen, but this is even better for a compliment.
In any case, the reader must have understood exactly what we wanted to say, and now the meaning of the word "fades": "Gradually lose brightness, brilliance." Most interestingly, the dictionary indicates direct and figurative meaning. That is, when the stars fade, then this is a direct meaning, and when fame is figurative. Amazing right? We'll take into account the fancy shuffling of the language deck in the next section.
suggestions
Now that is part of history and part of modernity. It is necessary to supplement the picture with only one thing - sentences with the word. Let's do it:
- When they brought me this dry cleaning coat, my eyes faded noticeably.
- Yes, to be sure, the years take their toll, and its beauty fades. Men in this sense are easier: they do not always age so rapidly. However, there are different cases.
- Listen buddy, so what do you want from me? I am only your publisher! There is nothing surprising in the fact that your fame faded, and people began to forget about you, because you do not publish a book every year.
- You can’t live in the past all the time. Yes, you were a great athlete, but your past successes have faded. The world is not so arranged that with one act it would be possible to take interest every year. Do you understand?
As a homework, you can try to compose your own examples and thereby clarify the difference between the figurative meaning of the verb and the direct. If someone forgot, then we considered "fading", and this is the end. In the sense that our mission has been completed.