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- DictionaryDe·cline/dəˈklīn/
verb
- 1. (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease: "the birth rate continued to decline"
- 2. politely refuse (an invitation or offer): "Caroline declined the coffee"
noun
- 1. a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value: "a serious decline in bird numbers"
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Decline definition: to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse. See examples of DECLINE used in a sentence.
Definition of decline noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧cline1 /dɪˈklaɪn/ W3 AWL noun [ singular, uncountable] a decrease in the quality, quantity, or importance of something decline in There has been a decline in the size of families. decline of the decline of manufacturing rapid/sharp/steep/dramatic decline a rapid decline in unemployment stead...
1. : to become less in amount. The price of the stock declined. 2. : to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition. his health declined. Employee morale declined after the layoffs. 3. : to withhold consent. We invited him but he declined. 4. a. of a celestial body : to sink toward setting. the declining sun. b.
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Etymology
From Middle English declinen, and ultimately Latin declīnō (“to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”, from de (“down”) + clīnō (“I bend, I incline”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean). The senses arrived from two separate pathways in Middle English: 1. The grammatical sense came from Old English declīnian, which was borrowed directly from the Latin etymon. 2. All senses except the grammatical sense were derived from those of Old French decliner. Old French itself borrow...
Pronunciation
1. enPR: dĭ-klīnʹ, IPA(key): /dɪˈklaɪn/ 2. Hyphenation: de‧cline 3. Rhymes: -aɪn
Noun
decline (countable and uncountable, plural declines) 1. Downward movement, fall.(Can we add an examplefor this sense?) 2. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.(Can we add an examplefor this sense?) 3. A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening. 3.1. He has experienced a sudden declinein his health. 3.2. Educational standards are on the decline. 3.3. The country's global reputation is in decline. 3.1. 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Prof...
Verb
decline 1. inflection of declinar: 1.1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive 1.2. third-person singular imperative
Verb
decline 1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of declina
Definitions of 'decline' 1. If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength. [...] 2. If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it. [formal] [...] 3. If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality. [...] More.
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