Definitions for WANE
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ebb, ebbing, waneverb

   a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

2. decline, go down, waneverb

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

3. waneverb

   become smaller

   "Interest in his novels waned"

4. waneverb

   decrease in phase

   "the moon is waning"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wanenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Decrease of the moon.

   The sowing at the wane of the moon, is thought to make the corn sound. Francis Bacon.

   Young cattle, that are brought forth in the full of the moon, are stronger and larger than those that are brought forth in the wane. Francis Bacon.

   This is fair Diana’s case;
   For all astrologers maintain,
   Each night a bit drops off her face,
   When mortals say she’s in her wane. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Decline; diminution; declension.

   You’re cast upon an age, in which the church is in its wane. South.

2. To WANEverb

   Etymology: wanian , to grow less, Saxon.

   1. To grow less; to decrease. Applied to the moon.

   The husbandman, in sowing and setting, upon good reason observes the waxing and waining of the moon. George Hakewill.

   Waining moons their settled periods keep,
   To swell the billows, and ferment the deep. Addison.

   2. To decline; to sink.

   A lady far more beautiful
   Than any woman in this waining age. William Shakespeare.

   I will interchange
   My wained state for Henry’s regal crown. William Shakespeare.

   Your father were a fool
   To give thee all; and in his waining age
   Set foot under thy table. William Shakespeare.

   In these confines slily have I lurk’d,
   To watch the waining of mine enemies. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Nothing more jealous than a favourite, towards the waining time, and suspect of satiety. Henry Wotton.

   I’m waining in his favour, yet I love him. Dryden.

   You saw but sorrow in its waining form,
   A working sea remaining from a storm;
   When the now weary waves roll o’er the deep,
   And faintly murmur, ere they fall asleep. Dryden.

   Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. Josiah Child.

   Her waining form no longer shall incite
   Envy in woman, or desire in man. Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore.

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1. wane

   Wane typically refers to a gradual decrease or decline in intensity, power, strength, or importance. It can also refer to the shrinking appearance of the moon in the phases from full moon to new moon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Waneverb

   to be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon

2. Waneverb

   to decline; to fail; to sink

3. Waneverb

   to cause to decrease

4. Wanenoun

   the decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator

5. Wanenoun

   decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension

6. Wanenoun

   an inequality in a board

7. Etymology: [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wann to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. bereaved, Skr. na wanting, inferior. . Cf. Want lack, and Wanton.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wane

   wān, v.i. to decrease, esp. of the moon—opp. to Wax: to decline, to fail.—n. decline: decrease. [A.S. wanian (Ice. vana), to decrease—wan, deficient, lacking.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wane

   In timber, an imperfection implying a want of squareness at one or more of its corners; under this deficiency it is termed wane-wood.

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   What does WANE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WANE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WANE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wane is ranked #65593 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wane surname appeared 302 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wane.
   
   49% or 148 total occurrences were Black.
   40.4% or 122 total occurrences were White.
   7.2% or 22 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for WANE »

1. wean

2. anew

How to pronounce WANE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WANE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WANE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of WANE in a Sentence

1. Jack Kent at IHS Technology:

   There comes a time when all games wane in popularity, but Supercell's audience will certainly give them scale to build on when that happens.

2. Doug Brown:

   This is positive news as it shows that just one dose of this vaccine generates good levels of immunity and that this protection does not seem to wane in the shorter term, in immunology terms, this finding is not unexpected as we know that some other vaccines confer better immunity when the doses are more spread out. Although further information is required to confirm these findings for older age groups, overall this new research should provide reassurance around the UK's decision to offer the two doses of this vaccine 12 weeks apart.

3. Emory University:

   Whereas a vaccine response, you may have all individuals that got the vaccine have high antibodies and sort of wane over time. ... With infection, it's remarkably heterogeneous. You'll have lots of individuals that have very low and individuals that have very high antibody responses.

4. Van Kerkhove:

   There's been more than 24 million cases reported to date. And we need to look at something like this on a population level. And so it's very important that we document this -- and that, in countries that can do this, if sequencing can be done, that would be very, very helpful. But we need to not jump to any conclusions, even if this is the first documented case of reinfection, it is possible of course because with our experience with other human coronaviruses, and the MERS coronavirus and the SARS-CoV-1 coronavirus, we know that people have an antibody response for some time but it may wane.

5. Paul Hunter:

   If the requirement on infected individuals to isolate at home is lifted as indicated, it will be an experiment which will either be shown to be very brave or very stupid, but nobody knows for sure what the result will be, omicron may be on the wane in Europe but other parts of Our World in Data are still in the full flush of a surge in infections. In such circumstances, as we have seen before, the virus is in the best possible position to mutate again, and there is absolutely no certainty that any new variant would be less dangerous.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WANE
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WANE
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WANE
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=WANE
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=WANE
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html