Associations to the word «Decline»
Noun
- Warming
- Spawning
- Smallpox
- Piracy
- Abundance
- Option
- Papacy
- Impairment
- Nomination
- Crisis
- Refusal
- Buddhism
- Revival
- Proposal
- Alcoholism
- Join
- Exploitation
- Imposition
- Globalization
- Scarcity
- Klan
- Serum
- Market
- Bishopric
- Imf
- Capitalism
- Flourish
- Singular
- Presidency
- Peerage
- Neglect
- Proportion
- Relegation
- Protestantism
- Funding
- Candidate
- Usage
- Reprise
- Salary
- Wage
- Arbitration
- Baronetcy
- Import
- Ruling
- Prosecutor
- Demand
- Homicide
- Subsidy
- Slav
- Appeal
- Spokesman
- Entreaty
- Mathematic
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
DECLINE, noun. Downward movement, fall.
DECLINE, noun. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
DECLINE, noun. A weakening.
DECLINE, noun. A reduction or diminution of activity.
DECLINE, verb. (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
DECLINE, verb. (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
DECLINE, verb. (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
DECLINE, verb. (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
DECLINE, verb. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
DECLINE, verb. (transitive) To refuse, forbear.
DECLINE, verb. (transitive) (grammar) (usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
DECLINE, verb. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
DECLINE, verb. (American football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
Dictionary definition
DECLINE, noun. Change toward something smaller or lower.
DECLINE, noun. A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state.
DECLINE, noun. A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current.
DECLINE, noun. A downward slope or bend.
DECLINE, verb. Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened".
DECLINE, verb. Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality".
DECLINE, verb. Show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike".
DECLINE, verb. Grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned".
DECLINE, verb. Go down; "The roof declines here".
DECLINE, verb. Go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped".
DECLINE, verb. Inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.