decline
1. change toward something smaller or lower (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
diminution
• Derivationally related forms:
diminish (for: diminution)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, decrement
• Hyponyms:
deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening, detumescence,
ebb, ebbing, wane, erosion, loss, nosedive,
sinking spell, slippage
2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition;
a gradual falling off from a better state (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
declination
• Ant:
improvement
• Derivationally related forms:
decline (for: declination)
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
• Hyponyms:
neglect, disuse, twilight, wreck
3. a gradual decrease;
as of stored charge or current (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
decay
• Derivationally related forms:
decay (for: decay)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, decrement
• Hyponyms:
exponential decay, exponential return
4. a downward slope or bend
• Syn:
descent, declivity, fall, declination, declension, downslope
• Ant:
ascent (for: descent)
• Derivationally related forms:
decline (for: declension), decline (for: declination), fall (for: fall), declivitous (for: declivity)
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, side
• Hyponyms:
downhill, steep
1. grow worse (Freq. 5)
- Conditions in the slum worsened
• Syn:
worsen
• Ant:
better (for: worsen)
• Derivationally related forms:
declension, declination, worsening (for: worsen)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
inflame, sicken, come down, devolve, deteriorate,
drop, degenerate, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble,
slip, drop off, drop away, fall away, suffer, lose,
regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- The stock market is going to decline
- The business is going to decline
2. refuse to accept (Freq. 4)
- He refused my offer of hospitality
• Syn:
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down
• Ant:
accept (for: refuse)
• Derivationally related forms:
declination, turndown (for: turn down), rejection (for: reject), refusal (for: refuse)
• Hyponyms:
dishonor, dishonour, bounce
• Verb Group:
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh,
disdain, turn down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
- They decline the money
3. show unwillingness towards (Freq. 4)
- he declined to join the group on a hike
• Syn:
refuse
• Ant:
accept (for: refuse)
• Hypernyms:
react, respond
• Hyponyms:
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh,
disdain, turn down, contract out, regret, repudiate, disobey
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They decline to move
4. grow smaller (Freq. 2)
- Interest in the project waned
• Syn:
go down, wane
• Derivationally related forms:
wane (for: wane), waning (for: wane)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Hyponyms:
dip, wear on, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. go down
- The roof declines here
• Derivationally related forms:
declension, declination
• Hypernyms:
drop
• Hyponyms:
dip, sink
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
6. go down in value
- the stock market corrected
- prices slumped
• Syn:
slump, correct
• Hypernyms:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
• Derivationally related forms:
declension
• Hypernyms:
inflect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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