Definitions For Decline

noun

  • A downward slope or bend
  • A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
  • Change toward something smaller or lower
  • A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
  • The process of becoming worse in condition or quality
  • A change to a lower number or amount

verb

  • Grow worse
  • Grow smaller
  • Show unwillingness towards
  • Inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
  • Go down in value
  • Go down
  • Refuse to accept
  • To become lower in amount or less in number
  • To become worse in condition or quality
  • To say that you will not or cannot do something

Is Declines a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14

The word Decline is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Decline in a Sentence

  • The construction of new houses declined five percent this year.
  • The animal's numbers are declining rapidly.
  • My grandmother's health has been declining since she broke her hip.
  • A period of economic decline
  • He says that American industry is in a state of decline.
  • The town fell into decline after the factory closed down.

Synonyms for Decline

Antonyms for Declines

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