decline

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

declines

1.
(countable, uncountable)Downward movement, fall.
The aircraft went into a sudden decline before the pilot regained control.
Đồng nghĩa: descent
2.
(countable, uncountable)A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
After taking a right from that turn a decline will come into view.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
He has experienced a sudden decline in his health.
Educational standards are on the decline.
The country's global reputation is in decline.
Đồng nghĩa: descent
4.
(countable, uncountable)A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
Population decline is a major concern.
Town-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.
5.
(countable, uncountable)The act of declining or refusing something.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

declines

V_ing/Gerund

declining

V_ed/pp

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1.
(intransitive)To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
2.
(intransitive)To become weaker or worse.
My health declined in winter.
3.
(transitive)To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
4.
(transitive)To cause to decrease or diminish.
5.
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
a line that declines from straightness
conduct that declines from sound morals
6.
(transitive)To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
7.
(transitive, usually)(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
Đồng nghĩa: declense
8.
(transitive)(transitive, grammar) To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
Đồng nghĩa: declense
9.
(broadly)(by extension) To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
10.
(Canadian)(American football, Canadian football) 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.

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Đồng nghĩa

descentdeclense

Trái nghĩa

incline

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English declinen, and ultimately Latin declīnō (to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean). The senses arrived from two separate pathways in Middle English: * The grammatical sense came from Old English declīnian, which was borrowed directly from the Latin etymon.