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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tapered, tapering, narrowingadjective

    becoming gradually narrower

    "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"

Wiktionary

  1. taperedadjective

    narrowing gradually towards a point

  2. taperedadjective

    lit with a taper

ChatGPT

  1. tapered

    Tapered generally refers to a gradual diminution or reduction in thickness, size or any other quantity, typically in a conical or conical-like shape. It can be applied to objects, designs, or even situations where something progressively decreases or lessens.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tapered

    of Taper

  2. Taperedadjective

    lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. tapered

    A term applied to ropes which decrease in size towards one end, as tacks and sheets. Also termed rat-tailed.

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Anagrams for tapered »

  1. adepter

  2. predate

  3. red tape

  4. retaped

  5. padtree

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tapered in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tapered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of tapered in a Sentence

  1. Mr Staley:

    He was already a client. The relationship was maintained during my time at JPMorgan, but as I left Morgan it tapered off quite significantly.

  2. Alex Yao:

    India will become very likely the only growth engine for mobile internet in the entire world, when you think about it in reality China's smartphone sales significantly tapered off in 2015.

  3. Mr Staley:

    Mr Epstein was already Mr Epstein. The relationship was maintained during my time at JPMorgan, but as I left Morgan it tapered off quite significantly.

  4. Mike Bijesse:

    While the volumes have definitely tapered off, the pace at which people are onboarding and opening accounts, we really haven’t seen a deep decrease in that.

  5. Selena Ling:

    The external demand story remains very lackluster at this juncture, unlike 2014, when we started on a strong note for the first half and after that the momentum tapered off, we could be starting 2015 on a relatively soft note, especially as people are looking forward to the Fed to normalize policy.

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