Sekirov Dictionary

decline

/dɪˈklaɪn/

verb 10
noun 5
forms 6

verb10

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To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
•
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- in melancholy site, with head declined — 1749
•
To cause to decrease or diminish.
- You have declin'd his means. — 1612
•
To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
•
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.
- The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.
•
To become weaker or worse.
- My health declined in winter.
To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
•
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- conduct that declines from sound morals
To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.

noun5

•
A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
- He has experienced a sudden decline in his health.
- Educational standards are on the decline.
•
A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
- Population decline is a major concern.
- Town-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.
•
Downward movement, fall.
- The aircraft went into a sudden decline before the pilot regained control.
•
The act of declining or refusing something.
- The issuing bank only checks the consumer's credit card number for authorization. […] Soft declines are those declines in which the bank requires further verification. — 2004
•
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
- After taking a right from that turn a decline will come into view.

forms

declined · declinedst · declining · declines · declineth · declinest

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