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adjective
- 1. becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing: "declining budgets"
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DECLINING definition: 1. present participle of decline 2. to gradually become less, worse, or lower: 3. to refuse: . Learn more.
DECLINE definition: 1. to gradually become less, worse, or lower: 2. to refuse: 3. If a noun, pronoun, or adjective…. Learn more.
Take the quiz. The meaning of DECLINING is of or relating to the period during which something is deteriorating or nearing its end. How to use declining in a sentence.
Decline definition: to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse. See examples of DECLINE used in a sentence.
Noun. deterioration, degeneration, decadence, decline mean the falling from a higher to a lower level in quality, character, or vitality. deterioration implies generally the impairment of value or usefulness. the deterioration of the house through neglect.
The verb decline means refuse to accept, but the noun decline means a downward slope (the opposite of an incline), or a decrease in quality. At the gym, the treadmill has an incline button to control how steep your climb is.
1. deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character. … a declining birth rate. he's in declining health. a declining industry. 2. of the time of a person's life during which he or she grows old and increasingly frail. in his declining years. she spent her declining years in Devon. Collins English Dictionary.
[intransitive, transitive] (formal) to refuse politely to accept or to do something synonym refuse1. I offered to give them a lift but they declined. decline something to decline an offer/invitation. We politely declined her invitation. She declined a second glass of wine and called for a taxi.
DECLINING meaning: 1. present participle of decline 2. to gradually become less, worse, or lower: 3. to refuse: . Learn more.
(literary) the last years of somebody’s life. Check pronunciation: declining. Definition of declining adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
