Cambridge Cambridge English Dictionaries Online, the web's favourite learner dictionaries
  • Link to us
  • View basket
  • Help

Definition

decline verb (GO DOWN)

/dɪˈklaɪn/ v
[I] to gradually become less, worse, or lower
His interest in the project declined after his wife died.
The party's popularity has declined in the opinion polls.
formal The land declines sharply away from the house.

(Definition of decline verb (GO DOWN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

The first and last word in dictionaries