noun Download 🔗Share Downward movement, fall. Examples : "The steep decline in the student population led to the school closing. " amount business economy essential ielts toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To move downwards, to fall, to drop. Examples : "The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001." amount business economy finance essential ielts toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun. Examples : "The student diligently declined the Latin noun, repeating its different cases from nominative to accusative. " language grammar education essential ielts toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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