"debase" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈbeɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-debase.wav Forms: debases [present, singular, third-person], debasing [participle, present], debased [participle, past], debased [past]
Rhymes: -eɪs Etymology: From de- + base, from Old French bas, from Latin bassus. Cognate with Spanish debajo (“under, beneath, below”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{prefix|en|de|base}} de- + base, {{der|en|fro|bas}} Old French bas, {{der|en|la|bassus}} Latin bassus, {{cog|es|debajo||under, beneath, below}} Spanish debajo (“under, beneath, below”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} debase (third-person singular simple present debases, present participle debasing, simple past and past participle debased)
  1. (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade. Tags: transitive Synonyms (lower in character, quality, or value): abase, adulterate, degrade, demean, debauch Translations (lower in character, etc): ստորացնել (storacʻnel) (Armenian), alçaltmaq (Azerbaijani), понижавам (ponižavam) (Bulgarian), унижавам (unižavam) (Bulgarian), 貶低 (Chinese Mandarin), 贬低 (biǎndī) (Chinese Mandarin), znehodnotit [perfective] (Czech), ponížit [perfective] (Czech), malaltigi (Esperanto), huonontaa (Finnish), heikentää (Finnish), abâtardir (French), erniedrigen (German), entwürdigen (German), herabsetzen (German), mindern (German), verschlechtern (German), abwerten (German), verderben (German), herabwürdigen (German), υποβαθμίζω (ypovathmízo) (Greek), υποτιμώ (ypotimó) (Greek), εξευτελίζω (exeftelízo) (Greek), lealacsonyít (Hungarian), lekicsinyel (Hungarian), lefitymál (Hungarian), fitymál (Hungarian), truailligh (Irish), avvilire (Italian), 変造する (henzou suru) (alt: へんぞうする) (Japanese), whakatautauhea (Maori), whakatautauwhea (Maori), nedverdige (Norwegian Bokmål), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), rebaixar (Portuguese), adulterêr (Romagnol), degrada (Romanian), унижать (unižatʹ) (Russian), envilecer (Spanish), degradar (Spanish)
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  2. (transitive, archaic) To lower in position or rank. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-debase-en-verb-~OPt5NyZ
  3. (transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-debase-en-verb-ic8oenIg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: debased, debasedness, debasement, debaser, undebased

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:",
          "text": "And just as history will decide whether the leaders of today's world employed the atom to destroy the world or rebuild it for mankind's benefit, so will history decide whether today's broadcasters employed their powerful voice to enrich the people or to debase them.",
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        "(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade."
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          "word": "貶低"
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          "alt": "へんぞうする",
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          "roman": "unižatʹ",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "debased"
    },
    {
      "word": "debasedness"
    },
    {
      "word": "debasement"
    },
    {
      "word": "debaser"
    },
    {
      "word": "undebased"
    }
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷem-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "base"
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      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "bas"
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      "expansion": "Old French bas",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bassus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bassus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "debajo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "under, beneath, below"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish debajo (“under, beneath, below”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "debases",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "debasing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "debased",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "debased",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest:",
          "text": "And just as history will decide whether the leaders of today's world employed the atom to destroy the world or rebuild it for mankind's benefit, so will history decide whether today's broadcasters employed their powerful voice to enrich the people or to debase them.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade."
      ],
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        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
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        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "degrade",
          "degrade"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lower in position or rank."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
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        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To lower in position or rank."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
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        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈbeɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪs"
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    {
      "sense": "lower in character, quality, or value",
      "word": "abase"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lower in character, quality, or value",
      "word": "adulterate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lower in character, quality, or value",
      "word": "degrade"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lower in character, quality, or value",
      "word": "demean"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lower in character, quality, or value",
      "word": "debauch"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "storacʻnel",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "ստորացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "alçaltmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ponižavam",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "понижавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "unižavam",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "унижавам"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "貶低"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎndī",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "贬低"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "znehodnotit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ponížit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "malaltigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "huonontaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "heikentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "abâtardir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "erniedrigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "entwürdigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "herabsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "mindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "verschlechtern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "abwerten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "verderben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "herabwürdigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypovathmízo",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "υποβαθμίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypotimó",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "υποτιμώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "exeftelízo",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "εξευτελίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "lealacsonyít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "lekicsinyel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "lefitymál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "fitymál"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "truailligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "avvilire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんぞうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "henzou suru",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "変造する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "whakatautauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "whakatautauwhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "nedverdige"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bozmak",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "بوزمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "rebaixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "adulterêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "degrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unižatʹ",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "унижать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "envilecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lower in character, etc",
      "word": "degradar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "debase"
}

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