decline
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3.5
- noun
- /dɪˈklaɪn/
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declive
- A steep decline from when Viacom paid $8.4 billion for the company 16 years earlier.
- incline and decline
- lateral decline
But, but, but, but, but, but if the stroller is on a slight incline or decline a hill, basically either way.
- But, but, but, but, but, but if the stroller is on a slight incline or decline a hill, basically either way.
Examples
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By 1911, brick dominated building construction in Phoenix, and adobe was in decline (Montalvo 2006).
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The trail led us down a steep decline that offered breathtaking views of the valley below.
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And cities represented decline, not growth.
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The ideal spot, as he would say, to observe the decline of the West.
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The decline into silence and doubt
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Toward the second half of the 1960s, rock 'n' roll went into decline and "hard rock" arrived.
Academic text (1991) -
And then to a lesser extent, Japan's growth and decline over the same time frame.
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Multiple causes lie behind the long-run decline of poverty, and the effect of immigration cannot be discounted.
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Below the wall, down a rocky decline, was a small lake shaped like a lima bean.
Fiction book (1992) -
I was running hard as I sped down the slight decline of Langdon Street.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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1.4
A part of land that goes up or down like the side of a hill
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3.7
A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down
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5.3
A steep high face of rock, like a cliff
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4.2
A slope on a road or railway that goes down
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5.5
A very steep edge of land or rock
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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 surface or area that slopes downward
A slope or small hill that goes down
Antonyms
Compounds
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Decline comes from de- 'down' and clinare 'to bend', so a decline as a noun is literally a place where the ground 'bends down'. This is why a decline can mean a downward slope.