"decline" meaning in English

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      "form": "declining",
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  "hyphenation": "de‧cline",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "incline"
        },
        {
          "word": "increase"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The Australian dollar has declined 3% against the Euro."
        },
        {
          "text": "The number of students studying foreign languages continues to decline."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something declines, it goes down in number, quality, slope, or value."
      ],
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          "word": "decrease"
        },
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          "word": "reduce"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We asked Josh to come with us to the restaurant, but he declined."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If someone declines an offer, they do not accept it."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/dəˈklɑɪn/",
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        {
          "text": "There has been a 3% decline in the Australian dollar against the Euro."
        },
        {
          "text": "Every year we see a larger decline in the number of students studying foreign languages."
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          "word": "decrease"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The truck crashed after picking up too much speed on the decline."
        }
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        "A decline is a hill or line that goes down."
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        "singular"
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      "form": "declined",
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      "form": "declined",
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        "past",
        "participle"
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      "form": "declining",
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        "present",
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          "text": "The Australian dollar has declined 3% against the Euro."
        },
        {
          "text": "The number of students studying foreign languages continues to decline."
        }
      ],
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        "If something declines, it goes down in number, quality, slope, or value."
      ],
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          "word": "decrease"
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        {
          "text": "We asked Josh to come with us to the restaurant, but he declined."
        }
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        "If someone declines an offer, they do not accept it."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "incline"
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        }
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        {
          "text": "There has been a 3% decline in the Australian dollar against the Euro."
        },
        {
          "text": "Every year we see a larger decline in the number of students studying foreign languages."
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The truck crashed after picking up too much speed on the decline."
        }
      ],
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        "A decline is a hill or line that goes down."
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