ALL meanings of declining
de·cline
D d - 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
- verb without object declining to express courteous refusal; refuse: We sent him an invitation but he declined. 1
- verb without object declining to bend or slant down; slope downward; descend: The hill declines to the lake. 1
- verb without object declining (of pathways, routes, objects, etc.) to follow a downward course or path: The sun declined in the skies. 1
- verb without object declining to draw toward the close, as the day. 1
- verb without object declining to fail in strength, vigor, character, value, etc.; deteriorate. 1
- verb without object declining to fail or dwindle; sink or fade away: to decline in popularity. 1
- verb without object declining to descend, as to an unworthy level; stoop. 1
- verb without object declining Grammar. to be characterized by declension. 1
- noun declining a downward slope; declivity. 1
- noun declining Present participle of decline. 1
- noun declining a downward movement, as of prices or population; diminution: a decline in the stock market. 1
- adjective declining going down 1
- noun declining a failing or gradual loss, as in strength, character, power, or value; deterioration: the decline of the Roman Empire. 1
- adjective declining health: worsening 1
- noun declining a gradual deterioration of the physical powers, as in later life or in disease: After his seventieth birthday he went into a decline. 1
- adjective declining economy: in decline 1
- noun declining progress downward or toward the close, as of the sun or the day. 1
- noun declining the later years or last part: He became an editor in the decline of his life. 1