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Declined

/dɪˈklaɪnd/

To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

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verb
  1. 1

    To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

    "The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."

  2. 2

    To become weaker or worse.

    "My health declined in winter."

  3. 3

    To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

  4. 4

    To cause to decrease or diminish.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Declined"

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WordDefinition
deterioratingGetting worse.
downverb(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
dyingnounApproaching death; about to die; moribund.
fallinga real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
failingnounweakness; defect
retrogradeverb(transitive) (geography) To cause (a land feature such as a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to travel in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
regressingUndergoing regression
retrogressivenounDirected towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
regressiveThat tends to return, revert or regress.
decreasingnounOn the decrease.
abated(poetry) humbled.
abstainedverb(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
apologizedverb(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
attenuatedMade, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
beenverb(Southern US or African-American Vernacular) remote past form of be.
contracted(not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
crumbledbroken into small fragments
curtailedverb(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
cutverb(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
deceleratedverb(intransitive) To go slower.

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