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declining

de·cline
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dih-klahyn]
    • /dɪˈklaɪn/
    • /dɪˈklaɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dih-klahyn]
    • /dɪˈklaɪn/

Definitions of declining word

  • adjective declining deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character 3
  • adjective declining of the time of a person's life during which he or she grows old and increasingly frail 3
  • verb with object declining to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it. 1
  • verb with object declining to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy: to decline an invitation; to decline an offer. 1
  • verb with object declining to cause to slope or incline downward. 1
  • verb with object declining 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

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Origin of declining

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
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

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Parts of speech for Declining

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

declining popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for declining

noun declining

  • aging — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
  • declination — the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
  • senescent — growing old; aging.

adjective declining

  • deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
  • decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
  • lessening — to become less.
  • falling — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • waning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.

Antonyms for declining

adjective declining

  • improving — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.

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