 |
decline
Overview of noun decline
The noun decline has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) decline, diminution -- (change toward something smaller or lower)
2. (2) decline, declination -- (a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state)
3. (1) decay, decline -- (a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current)
4. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope -- (a downward slope or bend)
Overview of verb decline
The verb decline has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (5) worsen, decline -- (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened")
2. (4) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline -- (refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality")
3. (4) refuse, decline -- (show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike")
4. (2) decline, go down, wane -- (grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned")
5. decline -- (go down; "The roof declines here")
6. decline, slump, correct -- (go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped")
7. decline -- (inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decline
4 senses of decline
Sense 1
decline, diminution
=> decrease, decrement
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
decline, declination
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
decay, decline
=> decrease, decrement
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> slope, incline, side
=> geological formation, formation
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun decline
4 senses of decline
Sense 1
decline, diminution
=> deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening
=> detumescence
=> ebb, ebbing, wane
=> erosion
=> loss
=> nosedive
=> sinking spell
=> slippage
Sense 2
decline, declination
=> neglect, disuse
=> twilight
=> wreck
Sense 3
decay, decline
=> exponential decay, exponential return
Sense 4
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> downhill
=> steep
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decline
4 senses of decline
Sense 1
decline, diminution
=> decrease, decrement
Sense 2
decline, declination
=> condition, status
Sense 3
decay, decline
=> decrease, decrement
Sense 4
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> slope, incline, side
Antonyms of noun decline
1 of 4 senses of decline
Sense 2
decline, declination
Antonym of improvement (Sense 3)
=>improvement, melioration
Member Holonyms of noun decline
Substance Holonyms of noun decline
Part Holonyms of noun decline
Member Meronyms of noun decline
Substance Meronyms of noun decline
Part Meronyms of noun decline
Meronyms of noun decline
Holonyms of noun decline
Attributes of noun decline
Derived Forms of noun decline
3 of 4 senses of decline
Sense 1
decline, diminution
RELATED TO>(verb) decline#4
=> decline, go down, wane
Sense 2
decline, declination
RELATED TO>(verb) decline#1
=> worsen, decline
Sense 4
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
RELATED TO>(verb) decline#5
=> decline
Domain of noun decline
Domain Terms of noun decline
Familiarity of noun decline
decline used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun decline
4 senses of decline
Sense 1
decline, diminution
> decrease, decrement
=> decay, decline
=> decline, diminution
=> desensitization, desensitisation
=> narrowing
=> slippage
=> wastage
Sense 2
decline, declination
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 3
decay, decline
> decrease, decrement
=> decay, decline
=> decline, diminution
=> desensitization, desensitisation
=> narrowing
=> slippage
=> wastage
Sense 4
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
> slope, incline, side
=> ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
=> bank
=> bank, cant, camber
=> canyonside
=> coast
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
=> escarpment, scarp
=> hillside
=> mountainside, versant
=> ski slope
Meronyms of noun decline
4 senses of decline
Holonyms of noun decline
Grep of noun decline
decline
decline in quality
Antonyms of verb decline
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decline
7 senses of decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 2
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
Sense 3
refuse, decline
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 5
decline
=> drop
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 6
decline, slump, correct
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 7
decline
=> inflect
=> modify
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb decline
5 of 7 senses of decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
=> inflame
=> sicken, come down
=> devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
=> deprive, impoverish
=> fail
=> tumble
=> slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
=> suffer
=> suffer, lose
=> regress, retrograde, retrogress
=> turn down
Sense 2
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
=> dishonor, dishonour
=> bounce
Sense 3
refuse, decline
=> reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
=> contract out
=> regret
=> repudiate
=> disobey
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
=> dip
=> wear on
=> drop
Sense 5
decline
=> dip, sink
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decline
7 senses of decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
Sense 2
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
Sense 3
refuse, decline
=> react, respond
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 5
decline
=> drop
Sense 6
decline, slump, correct
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
Sense 7
decline
=> inflect
'Cause To' of verb decline
Derived Forms of verb decline
5 of 7 senses of decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
RELATED TO>(noun) decline#2
=> decline, declination
RELATED TO>(noun) declension#2
=> deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening
RELATED TO>(noun) declination#1
=> decline, declination
Sense 2
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
RELATED TO>(noun) declination#4
=> declination, regrets
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
RELATED TO>(noun) decline#1
=> decline, diminution
Sense 5
decline
RELATED TO>(noun) decline#4
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
RELATED TO>(noun) declension#3
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
RELATED TO>(noun) declination#2
=> descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
Sense 7
decline
RELATED TO>(noun) declension#1
=> declension
RELATED TO>(noun) declension#4
=> declension
Domain of verb decline
Domain Terms of verb decline
Familiarity of verb decline
decline used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb decline
7 senses of decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
EX: The stock market is going to decline
EX: The business is going to decline
Sense 2
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
EX: They decline the money
Sense 3
refuse, decline
EX: They decline to move
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
*> Something ----s
Sense 5
decline
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 6
decline, slump, correct
*> Something ----s
Sense 7
decline
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb decline
6 of 7 senses of decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 3
refuse, decline
> react, respond
=> treat
=> bristle
=> overreact
=> answer
=> accept
=> stool
=> respond
=> greet
=> explode
=> accept
=> answer
=> refuse, decline
=> accept, consent, go for
=> wonder, marvel
=> notice, acknowledge
=> resist, reject, refuse
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 5
decline
> drop
=> plunge, dump
=> plummet, plump
=> flump, flump down
=> decline
Sense 6
decline, slump, correct
> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> prolapse
=> rappel, abseil, rope down
=> unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down
=> avalanche, roll down
=> dive, plunge, plunk
=> set, go down, go under
=> decline, slump, correct
=> precipitate
=> sink, subside
=> crash
=> flop
=> tumble, topple
=> drop
=> plop
=> pitch
=> alight, climb down
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
=> pounce, swoop
=> drip
=> cascade, cascade down
Sense 7
decline
> inflect
=> compare
=> decline
=> conjugate
=> pluralize, pluralise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb decline
Sense 1
worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
--------------
Sense 2
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
--------------
Sense 3
refuse, decline
=> react, respond
--------------
Sense 4
decline, go down, wane
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
--------------
Sense 5
decline
=> drop
--------------
Sense 6
decline, slump, correct
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
--------------
Sense 7
decline
=> inflect
--------------
Grep of verb decline
decline
|
|
