0 to become weaker in strength or influence: --
By the late 70s the band's popularity was beginning to wane.
2 to weaken in strength or influence: --
By the late 70s, the band’s popularity was beginning to wane.
4 if something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less common: --
Traditional employer-funded pensions are on the wane.
In the last few years we have seen democracies waning because they have not stood together.
My enthusiasm for a national lottery is waning for other reasons.
Over the same period, our own attractiveness as a partner must have waned.
Over time, opposition generally wanes, perhaps following a detailed examination of the facts at a public inquiry.
Looking at the annual reports presented by other bodies, one's experience is that, when the time comes to consider them, interest has perhaps waned.
One does sometimes hear ill-informed comments about boom and bust, suggesting that the importance of the internet has waned.
To an extent, they are gaining influence where our military and naval influence has waned.
As that competition waxed and waned, prices for agricultural produce went up and down.