Search Result:subsidence
KK Pronunciation
〔 sәbˋsaIdNs 〕
Pronunciation
〔 sәbˊsaidns 〕
Overview of noun subsidence
The noun subsidence has 3 senses
- remission, remittal, subsidence -- (an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission")
- settling, subsiding, subsidence -- (a gradual sinking to a lower level)
- cave in, subsidence -- (the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it)