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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241, A decline in coal demand would benefit either the nuclear or gas industries.
242, Decline and decay in one location will soon impact adjacent areas.
243, The evidence pointed to a sharp decline in guerrilla prowess.
244, They will continue to decline in numbers and mergers with their big brothers are on the cards.
245, They had survived the trials of imperial retreat, economic decline, and industrial conflict, and remained cohesive and intact.
246, The influence of the trade unions has been weakened as a consequence of legislation, our economic circumstances, and demographic decline.
247, Their biggest decline under coach Barry Switzer has been in pass defense.
248, Two things caused a gradual decline in the number of Rottweilers.
249, He then handed power to an elected government[Sentencedict.com], but it failed to stop the economic decline.
250, In the context of the debate about the curriculum, economic decline and supposedly falling educational standards were important elements.
251, Regretfully, I must decline.
252, Glow-of-Television Connections Television often gets blamed for contributing to the decline of family life.
253, The most alarming statistic was the state of the game before the advent of this precipitous decline.
254, At the same time, assume that variable costs per unit decline to $ 340.
255, The quality of work produced even by mathematicians appears to decline little over their careers, contrary to popular belief.
256, Equally important, although in many ways distinct, was a perceptible decline in public confidence.
257, Legal abortion Legal abortion in Britain since 1967 came too late to explain the beginning of fertility decline.
258, When the market resumed its decline, it fell famously, like the apple from the tree.
259, The company this year announced a reorganization aimed at stemming the profit decline.
260, Then came the Black Death and a brutal,[http://sentencedict.com/decline.html] catastrophic decline.
261, Experts call the insecticides a major advance and say Phoenix-area residents can expect a dramatic decline in the whitefly population this fall.
262, They are also the continuing decline of parliamentary politics and political control increasingly orchestrated by a small clique within the Cabinet.
263, On a gloomier note, employment continued to decline and car sales remained depressed.
264, The government requested international assistance to support the balance of payments and to stem the decline in international reserves.
265, With decline, such distinctions broke down, and the ruling race was forced to come into closer contact with the ruled.
266, Velocity had fallen to 2.2, an annual rate of decline of nearly 5 percent.
267, Smiles quoted Benjamin Haydon as dating his decline from the day he first borrowed money.
268, This table also confirms the seeming decline in overall profitability during the 1980s and particularly in 1986.
269, It is one of several hormones that hit peak levels in the bloodstream in early adulthood and then decline steadily.
270, Now, however, the great Latin cities fell prey to widespread depopulation, economic decline, and physical decay.