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{
"term": "decline",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "decline",
"heSheIt": "declines"
},
"pastSimple": "declined",
"pastParticiple": "declined",
"ingForm": "declining"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become smaller, fewer, weaker, etc.",
"sensetop": "decline by somethingdecline in something",
"labels": "(rather formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Support for the party continues to decline."
},
{
"text": "Sales of whole milk declined by 4 per cent.",
"contextForm": "decline by something"
},
{
"text": "The city declined in importance in the nineteenth century.",
"contextForm": "decline in something"
},
{
"text": "to decline in popularity/value/number"
},
{
"text": "Jobs in manufacturing have steadily declined."
},
{
"text": "to decline sharply/significantly/dramatically"
},
{
"text": "to decline rapidly/markedly/substantially"
},
{
"text": "Her health began to decline."
},
{
"text": "Profits declined by 6 per cent this year."
},
{
"text": "The economy has declined sharply in recent years."
},
{
"text": "The market for these products is declining fast."
},
{
"text": "The number of full-time staff has declined from 300 to just 50."
},
{
"text": "This section of the market has slowly declined in importance."
},
{
"text": "Her health was declining rapidly."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
"preposition": ["by", "from", "to"],
"phrases": ["decline in importance, numbers, size, etc."]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to refuse politely to accept or to do something",
"sensetop": "decline somethingdecline to do something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I offered to give them a lift but they declined."
},
{
"text": "to **decline an offer/invitation**",
"contextForm": "decline something"
},
{
"text": "We **politely declined** her invitation."
},
{
"text": "She declined a second cup of coffee and called for a taxi."
},
{
"text": "Their spokesman declined to comment on the allegations.",
"contextForm": "decline to do something"
},
{
"text": "Patients of course have the right to decline treatment."
},
{
"text": "The minister declined to be interviewed."
},
{
"text": "I absolutely decline to discuss my dealings with him or anyone."
}
],
"synonyms": "refuse1",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["politely", "respectfully"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if a noun, an adjective or a pronoun declines, it has different forms according to whether it is the subject or the object of a verb, whether it is in the singular or plural, etc. When you decline a noun, etc., you list these forms.",
"sensetop": "decline (something)",
"labels": "(grammar)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Language"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪn/",
"audio": "de/decline/decline__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪnz/",
"audio": "de/decline/declines__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪnd/",
"audio": "de/decline/declined__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/decline/declining__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪn/",
"audio": "de/decline/decline__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪnz/",
"audio": "de/decline/declines__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪnd/",
"audio": "de/decline/declined__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/decline/declining__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}