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decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | worsen |
| Type of | change state, turn |
| Has types | retrograde, devolve, turn down, deteriorate, drop, drop away, drop off, fail, deprive, degenerate, fall away, tumble, suffer, impoverish, inflame, come down, lose, slip, sicken, retrogress, regress |
| Derivation | declension, declination |
decline::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decay |
| Type of | decrement, decrease |
| Has types | exponential decay, exponential return |
decline::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | diminution |
| Type of | decrement, decrease |
| Has types | loss, erosion, nosedive, ebbing, sinking spell, slippage, ebb, detumescence, deterioration, wane, worsening, decline in quality, declension |
decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inflect |
| Derivation | declension |
in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
Examples of decline
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Was last season's .248 average a mirage or an indication of a player in decline?
From the stltoday.com
Hoover likewise advocated keeping wages high during periods of economic decline.
From the bloomberg.com
A plunge in demand for military equipment last month contributed to the decline.
From the bloomberg.com
Pezarkar said he would not change his investment strategy based on this decline.
From the bloomberg.com
Espersen has presided over an historic decline in support for the Conservatives.
From the bloomberg.com
The quarterly decline was led by paper, timber and chemical production, it said.
From the bloomberg.com
Reckitt also warned of a global market in decline and escalating cost pressures.
From the online.wsj.com
Expect prices at the pump to keep defying the decline in oil prices for a while.
From the freep.com
Bank of America started to see mortgage-repurchase demands decline this quarter.
From the kentucky.com
- Change toward something smaller or lower
- Worsen: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
- A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
- Refuse: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
- Decay: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- Refuse: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
- Decline is a change over time from previously efficient to inefficient organizational functioning, from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-making, from previously law-abiding to law violating organizational and individual behavior, from previously virtuous ...
- The Decline is a punk EP by NOFX. The CD version consisted of only the 18-minute title track, but the vinyl included a different version of "Clams Have Feelings Too" (from Pump Up the Valuum) on the B-side. ...
- Downward movement, fall; A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road; A weakening; A reduction or diminution of activity; To move downwards, to fall, to drop; To become weaker or worse; To refuse, forbear; To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for ...
