Decline meanings. All definitions of Decline

verb decline If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength. 3

verb decline If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it. 3

variable noun decline If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality. 3

verb decline to refuse to do or accept (something), esp politely 3

verb decline to grow smaller; diminish 3

verb decline to slope or cause to slope downwards 3

verb decline to deteriorate gradually, as in quality, health, or character 3

verb decline to state or list the inflections of (a noun, adjective, or pronoun), or (of a noun, adjective, or pronoun) to be inflected for number, case, or gender 3

noun decline gradual deterioration or loss 3

noun decline a movement downwards or towards something smaller; diminution 3

noun decline a downward slope; declivity 3

noun decline any slowly progressive disease, such as tuberculosis 3

intransitive verb decline to bend, turn, or slope downward or aside 3

intransitive verb decline to sink, as the setting sun 3

intransitive verb decline to approach the end; wane 3

intransitive verb decline to lessen in force, health, value, etc.; deteriorate; decay 3

intransitive verb decline to descend to behavior that is base or immoral 3

intransitive verb decline to refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite 3

verb transitive decline to cause to bend or slope downward or aside 3

verb transitive decline to refuse, esp. in a formally polite way 3

verb transitive decline to inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective) systematically, giving its different forms according to case, number, and gender 3

noun decline a declining or becoming less, smaller, etc.; decay 3

noun decline a failing of health, etc. 3

noun decline a period of decline 3

noun decline the last part 3

noun decline a wasting disease 3

noun decline a downward slope 3

verb with object decline Grammar. to inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective), as Latin puella, declined puella, puellae, puellae, puellam, puella in the five cases of the singular. to recite or display all or some subset of the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a fixed order. 1

verb without object decline to express courteous refusal; refuse: We sent him an invitation but he declined. 1

verb without object decline to bend or slant down; slope downward; descend: The hill declines to the lake. 1

verb without object decline (of pathways, routes, objects, etc.) to follow a downward course or path: The sun declined in the skies. 1

verb without object decline to draw toward the close, as the day. 1

verb without object decline to fail in strength, vigor, character, value, etc.; deteriorate. 1

verb without object decline to fail or dwindle; sink or fade away: to decline in popularity. 1

verb without object decline to descend, as to an unworthy level; stoop. 1

verb without object decline Grammar. to be characterized by declension. 1

noun decline a downward slope; declivity. 1

noun decline a downward movement, as of prices or population; diminution: a decline in the stock market. 1

noun decline a failing or gradual loss, as in strength, character, power, or value; deterioration: the decline of the Roman Empire. 1

noun decline a gradual deterioration of the physical powers, as in later life or in disease: After his seventieth birthday he went into a decline. 1

noun decline progress downward or toward the close, as of the sun or the day. 1

noun decline the later years or last part: He became an editor in the decline of his life. 1

transitive verb decline invitation, etc.: refuse 1

intransitive verb decline refuse 1

verbal expression decline refuse to do 1

intransitive verb decline go downwards 1

noun decline (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less ; decrease. 1

abbreviation DECLINE decrease 1

intransitive verb decline lose power 1

transitive verb decline part of speech: inflect 1

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