decline
Found in thesaurus: decrease,
decrement,
status,
condition,
side,
slope,
incline,
turn,
change state,
react,
respond,
fall,
diminish,
lessen,
drop,
come down,
descend,
go down,
inflect
decline
v.
rechazar, declinar; caer, decaer, descaecer, descender, desmedrar, deteriorarse, ir en declive, menguar, morir poco a poco, venir a menos; negarse, rechazar la oferta, rehusarse
s.
decadencia, decaimiento, declinación, declive, descenso, desmedro, desmejora, desmejoramiento, deterioración, mengua; disminución
decline
v.- decaer | declinar | negar | rechazar | rehusar | deteriorar
s.- declinación | decadencia | descenso | declive | decaimiento | deterioro | disminución | desmedro | desmejoramiento | mengua
decline1
(n.) = decadencia, decaimiento, disminución, descenso, deterioro, declive.
Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
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* be in decline = estar en decadencia, estar en declive, estar empeorando.
* fall into + decline = empezar a empeorar, empezar a deteriorarse, entrar en declive, ir en declive, caer en decadencia, entrar en decadencia.
* go into + a decline = empezar a empeorar, empezar a deteriorarse, entrar en declive, ir en declive, caer en decadencia, entrar en decadencia.
* terminal decline = situación de decadencia irreversible.
decline2
(v.) = declinar, decaer, disminuir.
Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.
decline3
(v.) = rechazar.
Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
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* decline + Posesivo + offer = rechazar una oferta.
decline
s.- [Med] retroceso