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decline

Main Entry: ¹decline

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): declined, declining

Language: English

intransitive verb

1 descend : descender
2 deteriorate : deteriorarse, decaer <her health is declining : su salud se está deteriorando>
3 decrease : disminuir, decrecer, decaer
4 refuse : rehusar

transitive verb

1 inflect : declinar
2 refuse, turn down : declinar, rehusar

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