declines
Meaning of declines
verb, 3rd person present
- (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.
the birth rate continued to decline
- politely refuse (an invitation or offer).
Caroline declined the coffee
the company declined to comment
- (especially of the sun) move downwards.
the sun began to creep round to the west and to decline
- (in the grammar of Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) state the forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective) corresponding to case, number, and gender.
- a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.
a serious decline in bird numbers
a civilization in decline
late Middle English: from Old French decliner, from Latin declinare ‘bend down, turn aside’, from de- ‘down’ + clinare ‘to bend’.
Information about declines
- The singular form of declines is: decline.
- Languages in which declines is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of declines
de-clines
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- declines is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
declines synonyms
Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker:
Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:
Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:
Meaning approach death:
Meaning sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply:
Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:
Meaning jump or dive quickly and energetically:
Meaning deteriorate suddenly and dramatically:
Meaning (of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle:
Meaning refuse to agree to (a request):
Meaning indicate that one is not willing to accept or grant (something offered or requested):
Meaning reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning refuse to do (something) from feelings of pride or superiority:
Meaning reject or rebuff (an approach or offer or the person making it):
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
Meaning the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal:
Meaning the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning a decline in economic, business, or other activity:
Meaning another term for downturn:
Meaning the action of moving someone or something in a downward direction:
Meaning the reduction or underestimation of the worth or importance of something:
Meaning a reduction in the value of an asset over time, due in particular to wear and tear:
Meaning a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something:
Meaning make or become slack:
Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:
Meaning gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:
Meaning the movement of the tide out to sea:
Meaning the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding:
Meaning a rapid fall in amount or value:
Meaning a small decrease or slight downward trend:
Meaning the process of becoming progressively worse:
Meaning the state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration:
Meaning the condition or process of degrading or being degraded:
Meaning the process, fact, or amount of shrinking:
Meaning becoming smaller in size or amount:
Meaning intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful:
Meaning the process of atrophying or state of having atrophied:
Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:
Meaning the collapse of a business:
Meaning the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism:
Meaning structural or physical deterioration:
Meaning rotting or decomposing through the action of bacteria and fungi:
Meaning moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury:
Meaning the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration:
Meaning becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing:
Meaning breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:
Meaning (of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way:
Meaning (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution:
Meaning a weakness, especially in a person's character; a shortcoming:
Meaning cease to be visible:
Meaning on the point of death:
Meaning (of a person) at the point of death:
Meaning becoming obsolete:
declines antonyms
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Anagrams of declines
Words that rhyme with declines
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