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If something d_______, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength .If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength .
The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.
Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.
Union membership and union power are declining fast.
...a declining birth rate.
word decline
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verb
If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength .
The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.
Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.
Union membership and union power are declining fast.
...a declining birth rate.
If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
He declined their invitation.
The band declined to comment on the story.
He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.
noun
If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all.
...Rome's decline in the fifth century.
The first signs of economic decline became visible.
inflections declinesdecliningdeclined
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