decline Значение & определение

Значение на decline на български

• 0 to gradually become less, worse, or lower:

  • His interest in the project declined after his wife died.

  • The party's popularity has declined in the opinion polls.

  • formal The land declines sharply away from the house.

• 1 to refuse:

  • I invited him to the meeting but he declined.

  • He declined my offer.

  • [ + to infinitive ] They declined to tell me how they had obtained my address.

• 2 If a noun, pronoun, or adjective declines, it has different forms to show if it is the subject or object, etc. of a verb or if it is singular or plural, etc. If you decline such a word, you list its various forms:

  • In Latin we learned how to decline nouns.

• 3 when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, or strength:

  • industrial decline

  • Home cooking seems to be on the/in decline (= not so many people are doing it).

  • a decline in the number of unemployed

  • She seemed to be recovering and then she went into a decline.

• 4 to go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken:

  • His interest in the project declined after his wife died.

  • Her health declined quickly.

• 5 to refuse something:

  • [ T ] She declined their job offer.

• 6 a change to a lower amount; the process of becoming less in quality or strength:

  • [ C usually sing ] Unemployment increased this month after a modest decline.

  • [ U ] Civilization is in decline.

• 7 to become less, worse, or lower in value:

  • Milk production could decline by 15% or more in the late summer months.

  • declining prices/profits/sales/interest rates

  • Even though interest rates could decline further, they are now near their lowest point.

  • decline sharply/rapidly/dramatically

  • decline gradually/steadily/slowly

  • Among economists, the widespread view is that the dollar will keep declining.

• 8 to make less profit, or produce less:

  • a declining economy/industry/market The plan will reduce profits for the declining commercial fishing industry.

• 9 a reduction in the value or amount of something, for example a currency or sales:

  • If sustained, the yen's 12.5% decline against the dollar this month may damp inflation across the region.

  • A quarter of manufacturers reported a decline in production.

  • The housing industry experienced a decline in sales.

  • a rapid/sharp/steep/marked decline

  • a slight/slow/gradual decline

• 10 a situation in which a company, country, or financial market gradually becomes less valuable, makes less profit, or produces less:

  • Further economic decline might provoke spontaneous popular protest.

  • Little was being done to reverse the decline in the town's tourist economy.

  • The industry has been in decline for decades.