"devalue" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈvæljuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-devalue.wav [Southern-England] Forms: devalues [present, singular, third-person], devaluing [participle, present], devalued [participle, past], devalued [past]
Etymology: de- + value Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|value}} de- + value Head templates: {{en-verb}} devalue (third-person singular simple present devalues, present participle devaluing, simple past and past participle devalued)
  1. (transitive) To lower or remove the value of something. Tags: transitive Translations (lower value of something): dəyərdən salmaq (Azerbaijani), qiymətdən salmaq (Azerbaijani), devaluar (Catalan), 贬值 (biǎnzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 降低价值 (Chinese Mandarin), devalvoida (Finnish), alentaa arvoa (Finnish), abwerten (German), entwerten (German), svalutare (Italian), обезвреднува (obezvrednuva) (Macedonian), dewaluować (Polish), devaluar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-devalue-en-verb-i6eJ-RDR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'lower value of something': 68 32
  2. (intransitive) To lose value; to depreciate. Tags: intransitive Translations (lose value): dəyərdən düşmək (Azerbaijani), qiymətdən düşmək (Azerbaijani), 贬值 (biǎnzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), znehodnotit (Czech), devalvoitua (Finnish), menettää arvoa (Finnish), an Wert verlieren (German), sminurire (Italian), обезвреднува (obezvrednuva) (Macedonian), dewaluować (Polish)
    Sense id: en-devalue-en-verb-ugSm04oP Disambiguation of 'lose value': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: devaluate

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "lower value of something",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
      "word": "降低价值"
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
      "word": "devalvoida"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower value of something",
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
      "word": "svalutare"
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    {
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
      "word": "обезвреднува"
    },
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      "sense": "lower value of something",
      "word": "dewaluować"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lower value of something",
      "word": "devaluar"
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      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "dəyərdən düşmək"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "qiymətdən düşmək"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎnzhí",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "贬值"
    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "znehodnotit"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "devalvoitua"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "menettää arvoa"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "an Wert verlieren"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lose value",
      "word": "sminurire"
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      "sense": "lose value",
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