verb🔗ShareDiminuer, baisserTo move downwards, to fall, to drop."The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."Le dollar a rapidement baissé depuis 2001.directionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDécliner, empirerTo become weaker or worse."My health declined in winter."Ma santé a décliné en hiver.conditionmedicineageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDécliner, baisserTo bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall."The wilting sunflower declined its heavy head towards the ground. "Le tournesol flétri inclina sa lourde tête vers le sol.actionphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDiminuer, baisserTo cause to decrease or diminish."The student's test score declined after he stopped studying. "Le score de l'élève a diminué après qu'il a arrêté d'étudier.amountbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRefuser, décliner, se détournerTo turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw."a line that declines from straightness"Une ligne qui s'écarte de la rectitude.attitudeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRefuser, déclinerTo refuse, forbear."On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."Après réflexion, je pense que je vais refuser votre généreuse offre.attitudeactioncommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDécliner(grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender."Our Latin teacher asked us to decline the noun "rosa" (rose) to demonstrate its different forms in singular and plural cases. "Notre professeur de latin nous a demandé de décliner le nom « rosa » (rose) pour démontrer ses différentes formes au singulier et au pluriel.grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDécliner(by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun."The teacher asked the student to decline the Latin noun "rosa" in front of the class. "Le professeur a demandé à l'élève de décliner le nom latin « rosa » devant la classe.languagegrammareducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRefuser une pénalitéTo 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."L'équipe a choisi de refuser la pénalité de quinze yards car son receveur avait attrapé le ballon pour un gain de trente yards.sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
