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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151, A decline in the former may not necessarily be accompanied by a decline in more general forms of political coverage.
152, A less noticeable but ultimately more crucial problem was a general decline in profitability.
153, Builders' Merchants. General cargo continued to flow through the port but there was a gradual decline in dock activity.
154, Wilson noted that California has been adding more manufacturing jobs, despite a nationwide decline in this business sector.
155, Always ignored by such politicians is employment. Violent crime, for instance, is on the decline in most major cities.
156, In the 1970s and early 1980s, a number of observers began to chart a decline in the civic culture.
157, Losses from restructuring will decline from now on, clearing the way for a recovery in earnings.
158, As noted in chapter 1, much of this interest in modernisation was prompted by the decline of the old colonial empires.
159, The decline in earnings per share reflects the shares Wells issued to buy First Interstate last April.
160, One response to this decline in the dynamism of Fordism was the geographical decentralization of production in search of cheaper labour.
161, It shows the decline in economic activity by men over school leaving age from 88% in 1951 to 77% in 1981.
162, All this is concurrent with a decline in intellectual egocentrism and an increased ability to see the viewpoint of others.
163, That was in sharp contrast to a 6. 5 % decline for all of 1994.
164, The decline shown in Table 3.9 was continuous, although the net figure conceals a considerable number of births.
165, Some decline to accept private clients and act only for employers.
166, As communities become less based on geographic or political boundaries, nation states will decline along with their tax base.
167, Relaxation or withdrawal of treatment before mid-childhood has been associated with a further decline in intellectual ability.
168, This decline - like that of most infectious diseases - took place despite the absence of any generally available cure or prevention.
169, The Salmon and Trout Association believe that the use of driftnets is contributing to the decline.
170, Repeated use is perceived as necessary in order to survive,[sentence dictionary] yet at the same time it contributes to further decline.
171, Expansion in the service sector has been considerably smaller than the decline in manufacturing.
172, This was the most important feature of the breed's decline from grace, since it was bred solely for work.
173, Religious belief is increasingly losing its attraction in the minds of the average people. The further decline of religion in the western world seems unavoidable. France is the most atheistic nation (32%), followed by Germany(20%), great Britain and the United States (13%). In 2010. Dr T.P.Chia
174, The sharpest decline, 7 percent, was among children aged 10-14, according to the Justice Department figures released Thursday.
175, Farm shops may also have contributed to this decline in the local store.
176, Trade An important policy issue concerns the effectiveness of import controls as an instrument for alleviating Britain's economic decline.
177, Nevertheless, administrative change was not the main reason for the decline of the networks in the Southern Band.
178, After a century of population decline, only 4,000 of Britain's estimated 25,000 pairs of barn owls live in the wild.
179, Some of this decline is attributed to competition from cable news channels and from local news broadcasts.
180, He said the decline is partly because retailers have lifted prices for mobile phones after cutting them earlier in 1995.