noun🔗ShareDownward movement, fall."The steep decline in the student population led to the school closing. "amountbusinesseconomyessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road."The steep decline of the hill made the bike ride challenging. "geographygeologynatureessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA weakening."The recent decline in student attendance worried the school principal. "conditionprocesseconomybusinessessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA reduction or diminution of activity."The decline in student participation in the after-school program was noticeable this year. "amountbusinesseconomyessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of declining or refusing something."My sister's decline to attend the family dinner was a disappointment. "attitudeactionbusinesseconomyessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move downwards, to fall, to drop."The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."amountbusinesseconomyfinanceessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become weaker or worse."My health declined in winter."conditionprocessmedicinebusinesseconomyageessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall."The heavy rain caused the branches of the old oak tree to decline. "actionconditionprocessessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to decrease or diminish."The doctor recommended some exercises to decline the patient's high blood pressure. "economybusinessamountfinanceessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw."a line that declines from straightness"attitudetendencyessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo refuse, forbear."On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."attitudeactionbusinesscommunicationeconomyessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender."The noun "teacher" declines to "teachers" in the plural. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun."The student diligently declined the Latin noun, repeating its different cases from nominative to accusative. "languagegrammareducationessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play."The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain."sportgameessentialieltstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
