Synonym: descent, fail, fall, hill, refuse, reject, run down, sink, slant, slope, weaken. Antonym: accept. Similar words: declare, cling, clinic, clinical, inclination, line, line up, outline. Meaning: [dɪ'klaɪn] n. 1. change toward something smaller or lower 2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state 3. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current 4. a downward slope or bend. v. 1. grow worse 2. refuse to accept 3. show unwillingness towards 4. grow smaller 5. go down 6. go down in value 7. inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives".
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121, The reduction follows another quarter-point cut on December 22, the first decline in the repo rate since August 1994.
122, Some New York securities traders blamed the survey, released Tuesday, for the afternoon decline of stock and bond markets.
123, They were, though, marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages.
124, Horse racing's decline was deepened by last year's collapse in bloodstock values.
125, A serious decline of leadership in local affairs compounds the difficulty.
126, For once, the index gained ground despite a decline in shares of Vodafone, the market's biggest stock.
127, The decline came in part from a buying binge by customers in 1994 as they tried to beat 1995 price increases.
128, Intuit Inc. shares posted the largest decline in the index, falling almost 17 percent this week.
129, We need to take steps to counter the chronic decline in our export market.
130, I producing fixed capital, there would be a precipitate decline in those sectors.
131, It has contributed to the decline in direct portfolio investment as opposed to indirect investment through tax exempt institutions.
132, From the 1840s child and young adult mortality contributed most of the decline.
133, Though not out of the range of historic experience, absolute economic decline is, of course, an extreme scenario.
134, That surge followed a decline from a high of 193 since 1991.
135, No recent change in status is apparent, except that some decline in autumn passage may have occurred.
136, Despite planned closures, the continuing decline in demand will continue to generate spare capacity.
137, After menopause theses daily rhythms decline in amplitude towards zero.
138, The schools building programme ceased in 1985, and at that time too teachers' real salaries began to decline rapidly.
139, America has begun to decline in economic strength and world influence since the 2008 recession. Dr T.P.Chia
140, In fact, it has led to a dramatic decline in votes for the two main parties,[http://sentencedict.com/decline.html] Likud and Labour.
141, These predictions have yet to materialise, and youth crime rates have been on the decline for several years.
142, The decline of the relative stability and growth of world capitalism that marked the 1950s and the early 1960s.
143, Evidence for the decline of social capital and civic engagement comes from a number of independent sources.
144, Reasons put forth include his advancing age, the cumulative effect of thousands of hits and the decline of his offensive line.
145, In this case there was no such evidence with the result that the court did not decline to hear the case.
146, Imagine what will happen to worker productivity and health-care costs if they all buy into the prevailing images of decline and decay.
147, After appearing to be in terminal decline the monarchy is back in business.
148, The underlying assumption is that gradual hormonal decline is bad because some physical functions decline at the same time.
149, Their steep decline has given grim satisfaction to their legions of detractors.
150, D., there began to appear on the Roman horizon disturbing signs of cultural decline and moral decay.