| query | If something d___________, it becomes worse in some way .If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way . There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war. The weather conditions are deteriorating. Grant's health steadily deteriorated. ...concern about the rapid deterioration in relations between the two countries. ...the slow steady deterioration of a patient with Alzheimer's disease. |
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| word | deteriorate |
| full-definition | verb If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way . There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war. The weather conditions are deteriorating. Grant's health steadily deteriorated. ...concern about the rapid deterioration in relations between the two countries. ...the slow steady deterioration of a patient with Alzheimer's disease. |
| inflections | deterioratesdeterioratingdeteriorateddeterioration |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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