See also: fǎdìng English Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ Audio (US):(file) Rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ Verb fading present participle and gerund of fade. fading light; fading memory; fading reputation 2013 October 19, Banyan, “The meaning of Sachin”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful. Noun fading (plural fadings) The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment. 1854, Herman Melville, Israel Potter:[…] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […] (obsolete) An Irish dance.[1] 1607 (first performance), Francis Beaumont, “The Knight of the Burning Pestle”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act III, scene v:Fading is a fine jig. (obsolete) The burden of a song.[1] c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings Derived terms antifadingfadingnessfading timenonfadingphotofadingRicean fadingRician fadingTroxler fadingTroxler's fadingunfading References [1]“fading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.