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decline

English

  1. 🔊 change toward something smaller or lower
  2. 🔊 a condition inferior to an earlier condition
  3. 🔊 a gradual decrease
  4. 🔊 a downward slope or bend
  5. 🔊 grow smaller
    “Interest in the project waned”
  6. 🔊 inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
    “in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives”
  7. 🔊 go down in value
    “the stock market corrected”
  8. 🔊 go down
    “The roof declines here”
  9. 🔊 grow worse
    “Conditions in the slum worsened”
  10. 🔊 show unwillingness towards
    “he declined to join the group on a hike”
  11. 🔊 refuse to accept
    “He refused my offer of hospitality”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 declinamiento decline
  2. 🔊 declinio decline
  3. 🔊 descenso decline
  4. 🔊 desmedro decline
  5. 🔊 merma decline
  6. 🔊 ocaso decline
  7. 🔊 declinar to decline
  8. 🔊 ruina decline, downfall
  9. 🔊 desmedrar to decline, to wane
  10. 🔊 decadencia decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
  11. 🔊 rechazar to decline, to deny (e.g. a credit card declining, an appeal being denied)

Similar words

descent declivity fall declination declension downslope decay diminution declination worsen go down wane refuse slump correct refuse reject pass up turn down abate abatement abjure ablate abstain