decline
dec
ˈdÉĒk
dik
line
laÉĒn
lain
/dÉĒklˈa‍ÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "decline"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to gradually weaken or worsen in condition or performance
Intransitive
to decline definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The quality of the product started to decline after the manufacturer switched to cheaper materials.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ• āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāϪ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āχāϚ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reject an offer, request, or invitation
Intransitive
to decline definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When asked to participate in the project, he politely declined.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reject an offer, request, or invitation
Transitive: to decline an offer or request
to decline definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager declined the suggestion during the meeting.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻž

to reduce in amount, size, intensity, etc.
Intransitive
to decline definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the changing weather, the temperature tends to decline in the winter months.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāĻļā§€āϞ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž (āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇)

(grammar) to inflect or state the different forms of a noun, pronoun or adjective according to gender, number, etc.
Transitive: to decline a word
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The German language requires you to decline articles and adjectives to match the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify.
āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϝ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ—, āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āϤ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

(of a celestial body) to descend below the horizon
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the evening progressed, the moon began to decline in the western sky.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇, āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻā§āρāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
01

a state that is worse or lower than a previous one

02

a change toward a smaller, lower, or reduced state

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a noticeable decline in attendance at the concert.
03

a gradual reduction in an electrical charge or current

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers measured the decline in voltage in the circuit.
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āĻĸāĻžāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĸāĻžāϞ

a downward slope or incline
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The path took a sudden decline at the ridge.
āϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻĨāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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