Meaning of decline | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Downward movement, fall.
   countable, uncountable
2. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
   countable, uncountable
3. A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
   countable, uncountable
4. A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
   countable, uncountable
5. The act of declining or refusing something.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“After taking a right from that turn a decline will come into view.”

“He has experienced a sudden decline in his health.”

“Educational standards are on the decline.”

“The country's global reputation is in decline.”

“In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.”

“Population decline is a major concern.”

“Town-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.”

“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.”

“"It knows it has to plan for managed decline, but it can't even plan for managed decline if it doesn't know how much decline to manage."”

“The issuing bank only checks the consumer's credit card number for authorization. […] Soft declines are those declines in which the bank requires further verification.”

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