Decline (Verb)
Meaning 1
Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 2
Show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Devolve
- Tumble
- Degenerate
- Inflame
- Retrogress
- Deprive
- Drop
- Suffer
- Sicken
- Regress
- Fail
- Drop Away
- Turn Down
- Slip
- Fall Away
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Meaning 4
Grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
Inflect for number, gender, case, etc.; "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 6
Go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 7
Go down; "The roof declines here".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.