Decline

See also decliné, décline, and décliné

English

Etymology

From Middle English declinen < Old French decliner < Latin declinare (“‘to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline’”) < de (“‘down’”) + *clinare (“‘to bend, incline’”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dəˈklɑɪn/

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Noun

Singular Decline

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1. Downward movement, fall.
2. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
3. A weakening.
4. A reduction or diminution of activity.
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     It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

Antonyms

• incline

Translations

downward movement, fall

Bulgarian: западане bg(bg) n., упадък bg(bg) m. Czech: pokles cs(cs) m. Dutch: terugval nl(nl) m., achteruitgang nl(nl) m., verval nl(nl) n., afname nl(nl) f.

Finnish: lasku fi(fi), pudotus fi(fi) German: Sinken n., Fall m. Hebrew: Template:He-translation f.

sloping downward

Bulgarian: склон bg(bg) Dutch: verval nl(nl) n., afname nl(nl) f., helling nl(nl) f. Finnish: lasku fi(fi), alamäki fi(fi)

German: Gefälle de(de) n. Hebrew: Template:He-translation f. Swedish: nedförsbacke c., utförsbacke c., medlut n.

weakening

Bulgarian: влошаване bg(bg) n. Dutch: verzwakking nl(nl) f., achteruitgang nl(nl) m., verval nl(nl) n., afname nl(nl) f. Finnish: lasku, heikentyminen

German: Abnahme de(de) f., Rückgang de(de) m. Hebrew: Template:He-translation f. Hungarian: hanyatlás hu(hu)

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Translations to be checked

Catalan: declinació f. French: déclin Interlingua: declino Italian: declino

Portuguese: declínio Spanish: declinación f. Volapük: klem

Verb

Infinitive to Decline

Third person singular declin

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Decline (third-person singular simple present declin, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

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 refuse.

   On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.

4. (transitive, grammar) To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for case and number.

Derived terms

• declension
• declination

Translations

move downwards

Bulgarian: спадам bg(bg), наклонявам се надолу bg(bg) Czech: klesat cs(cs) Dutch: afnemen nl(nl), terugvallen nl(nl), achteruitgaan nl(nl), vervallen nl(nl) Finnish: laskea fi(fi), pudota fi(fi)

German: sinken de(de), fallen de(de) Hebrew: ירד he(he) (yarád) Italian: declinare it(it) Old English: drēosan ang(ang)

weaken

Bulgarian: западам bg(bg), влошавам се bg(bg) Czech: klesat cs(cs) Dutch: afnemen nl(nl), achteruitgaan nl(nl), afzwakken nl(nl), verzwakken nl(nl) Finnish: heikentyä fi(fi), heiketä fi(fi)

German: abnehmen de(de), zurückgehen de(de) Hebrew: נחלש he(he) (nekhlásh) Hungarian: gyengül hu(hu), hanyatlik hu(hu)

refuse

Bulgarian: отказвам bg(bg) Czech: odmítnout cs(cs) Dutch: afwijzen nl(nl), weigeren nl(nl) Finnish: kieltäytyä fi(fi) French: refuser fr(fr) German: ablehnen de(de)

Hebrew: דחה he(he) (dakháh), סירב he(he) (serév) Italian: declinare it(it) Latin: abnegō la(la) Norwegian: avslå no(no) Portuguese: declinar pt(pt), recusar pt(pt) Spanish: rechazar es(es)

inflect

Bulgarian: скланям bg(bg) Czech: skloňovat cs(cs) Dutch: verbuigen nl(nl) Finnish: taivuttaa fi(fi) French: accorder fr(fr)

German: deklinieren de(de) Hebrew: היטה he(he) (hitá) Italian: declinare it(it) Polish: deklinować pl(pl) Russian: склонять ru(ru) (sklonjat')

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Translations to be checked

Catalan: declinar French: décliner

Interlingua: declinar Spanish: declinar Volapük: klemön

External links

• Decline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Decline in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Decline at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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Romanian

Verb

decline

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2. Template:Ro-form-verb

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Spanish

Verb

Decline (infinitive declinar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declinar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declinar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declinar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of declinar.

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