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verb (used with object)
1.
to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
2.
to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy: to decline an invitation; to decline an offer.
3.
to cause to slope or incline downward.
verb (used without object)
5.
to express courteous refusal; refuse: We sent him an invitation but he declined.
6.
to bend or slant down; slope downward; descend: The hill declines to the lake.
7.
(of pathways, routes, objects, etc.) to follow a downward course or path: The sun declined in the skies.
8.
to draw toward the close, as the day.
9.
EXPANDto fail in strength, vigor, character, value, etc.; deteriorate.
10.
to fail or dwindle; sink or fade away: to decline in popularity.
11.
to descend, as to an unworthy level; stoop.
12.
COLLAPSEGrammar. to be characterized by declension.
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Declining
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
noun
13.
a downward slope; declivity.
14.
a downward movement, as of prices or population; diminution: a decline in the stock market.
15.
a failing or gradual loss, as in strength, character, power, or value; deterioration: the decline of the Roman Empire.
16.
a gradual deterioration of the physical powers, as in later life or in disease: After his seventieth birthday he went into a decline.
17.
EXPANDprogress downward or toward the close, as of the sun or the day.
18.
COLLAPSEthe later years or last part: He became an editor in the decline of his life.
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English declinen < Old French: to inflect, turn aside, sink < Latin dēclīnāre to slope, incline, bend; compare Greek klī́nein to lean1; (noun) Middle English declin < Old French, derivative of decliner
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English declinen < Old French: to inflect, turn aside, sink < Latin dēclīnāre to slope, incline, bend; compare Greek klī́nein to lean1; (noun) Middle English declin < Old French, derivative of decliner
Related forms
de·clin·er, noun
pre·de·cline, verb (used with object), pre·de·clined, pre·de·clin·ing.
re·de·cline, verb, re·de·clined, re·de·clin·ing, noun
un·de·clined, adjective
un·de·clin·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. reject. See refuse1. 9. degenerate, decay, weaken, diminish, languish. 13. hill. 15. retrogression, degeneration, enfeeblement, weakening.
1. reject. See refuse1. 9. degenerate, decay, weaken, diminish, languish. 13. hill. 15. retrogression, degeneration, enfeeblement, weakening.
Antonyms
6. rise. 9. improve.
6. rise. 9. improve.
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