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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)