 declining |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] becoming progressively lower | |
| Synonyms: | down | |
| Examples: | "steadily declining incomes" "the down trend in the real estate market" |
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| Related terms: | falling | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] going from better to worse | |
| Synonyms: | retrogressive failing retrograde regressing deteriorating | |
| Related terms: | regressive | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] growing weaker | |
| Examples: | "declining powers of body and mind" |
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| Related terms: | decreasing | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] drawing to an end | |
| Examples: | "his declining years" |
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| Related terms: | dying | |
| Similar spelling: |
declension decline declination desalinize desalinise declaim |
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