declension
- noun
- /dɪˈklɛnʃən/
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pendiente
- Rainwater raced down the steep declension behind the house after the storm.
Examples
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The declension was steep.
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The road continues over a gentle declension before reaching the valley floor.
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From the summit, we carefully walked along the declension leading to the lakeside.
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Look at that declension!
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The trail leads down a gentle declension toward the river, making it easy for hikers.
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As I walked along the declension of the hillside, I could feel the fresh breeze on my face.
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The architect designed the garden with a gradual declension that provided a lovely view of the surrounding valley.
Synonyms
89
3.7
A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down
69
3.2
How much a line or surface tilts from flat ground
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4.2
A slope on a road or railway that goes down
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3.4
How much a surface goes up or down from flat
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3.5
A downward slope in the ground or surface
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3.7
The part of a hill that slopes down to a lower level
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9.1
A slope that goes down
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9.6
A slope that goes down like the side of a hill
A slope or small hill that goes down
Compounds
- Specialized
Forms of words like nouns and adjectives used for masculine gender in a language
How Steep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Declension comes from the Latin declinare, from de- 'down' and clinare 'to bend', and is related to the English word incline. So a declension can be seen as a part of land that 'bends' or goes down, which is why it means a downward slope.