decline

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I tend to decline or avoid a lot of social plans.

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Quick take

change toward something smaller or lower

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of decline gathered in one view.

noun

change toward something smaller or lower

noun

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

noun

a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for decline.

noun

change toward something smaller or lower

noun

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

noun

a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

noun

a downward slope or bend

verb

grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

verb

refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

verb

show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

verb

grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

verb

go down; "The roof declines here"

verb

go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

verb

inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"

Example sentences

I tend to decline or avoid a lot of social plans.

The issue is that the market for FB games is in decline - the next big wave is mobile.

* Macro Trend #1 - Facebook's web traffic is in decline[1].

That's another reason for the decline in activity.

In our hypothetical interview, you can politely decline to be interviewed by the FBI agent.

"The institution of science is undergoing a catastrophic decline.

If we're going to open a new dialog on this:Has anybody noticed the drastic decline in quality of links and comments in the last month or so?

We don't like having to decline hundreds of dollars of revenue either, but we have the experience of losing hundreds of millions to fraud and know that some revenue just isn't worth the risk.

Here, one wee little hack for you: next time you get asked for salary history, just repeat verbatim "As a matter of professional courtesy, I'm going to respectfully decline to answer any questions about specific policies of my previous employers.

I hope she hasn't ever donated to any disagreeable referendum campaigns.........or ever been a core member of an administration that left us with two disastrous wars, an offshore gulag, the greatest economic disaster in 70 years, a record of legitimizing torture, a decline in prestige on the world stage.