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Definition: Devaluate |
DevaluateVerb1. Remove the value from; deprive of its value. 2. Lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DevaluateSynonyms: depreciate (v), devalue (v), undervalue (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: appreciate (v). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Zimbabwe | This has caused a suspension in payments and new credit extension by the Bank, and the buildup in arrears will be difficult to zero out given reduced exports, the necessity to devaluate and the balance of payments situation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "devaluate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhvlerësoj (avoid, depreciate, devalue, discredit, invalidate). (various references) | |
Arabic | خفض قيمة العملة, خفض قيمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обезценявам (depreciate, devalue, discount), девалвирам (debase). (various references) | |
Chinese | 贬值 (Depreciate, Depreciated, Depreciating, Depreciation, devaluation, devalue, devalued). (various references) | |
Czech | znehodnotit (debase, devalue). (various references) | |
Farsi | تنزل قیمت دادن , ازارزش وشخصیت کسی کاستن . (various references) | |
French | dévaluons, dévaluez, dévaluer (devalue), dévaluent. (various references) | |
German | Abwerten (devalue). (various references) | |
Greek | ελαττώνω την αξία (deflate). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להפחית (abate, abridge, cut down, decrease, diminish, lower, reduce, remit, step down, subtract, take away). (various references) | |
Hungarian | leértékel (to debase, to decry, to depreciate, to devalue). (various references) | |
Indonesian | devaluir, mendevaluasikan (see: mendevaluasi), mendevaluasi. (various references) | |
Italian | svalutare (be devalued, depreciate, devalue, undervalue). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | evaluateday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desvalorizar (depreciate, depress, devalue), depreciar (belittle, debase, depreciate, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, lessen, misprise, misprize, undervalue). (various references) | |
Romanian | devaloriza (cheapen, debase, depreciate). (various references) | |
Russian | обесценивать (depreciate), девальвировать (devalue). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | devalvirati (devalue). (various references) | |
Spanish | devaluar (devalue), desvalorizar (debase, devalue). (various references) | |
Swedish | devalvera (devalue), skriva ner (devalue, write down). (various references) | |
Turkish | devalüe etmek, devalüasyon yapmak (devalue), değerini düşürmek (alloy, attenuate, bemean, cheap, cheapen, damage, debase, depreciate, detract, devalue). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "devaluate": devaluated, devaluates. (additional references) | |
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"Devaluate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dealate, dealbata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "devaluate" (pronounced diva"lyuwā't) |
| 8 | -i v a" l y uw ā' t | evaluate. |
| 4 | -y uw ā' t | attenuate, extenuate. |
| 3 | -uw ā' t | effectuate, infatuate, punctuate, reevaluate, situate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: evaluated. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-l-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: evaluate, valuated. | |
-2 letters: adulate, dealate, devalue, valeted, valuate, vaulted. | |
-3 letters: alated, delate, elated, eluate, eluted, leaved, teledu, valued, valuta, vealed, velate. | |
-4 letters: adult, alate, dealt, deave, delta, delve, devel, duvet, eaved, elate, elude, elute, etude, evade, lated, laved, leave, lutea, luted, telae, uveal, valet, value, vault, veldt. | |
-5 letters: alae, alee, auld, dale, data, date, daut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-l-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: devaluated, devaluates, revaluated. | |
+2 letters: reevaluated, unevaluated. | |
+3 letters: misevaluated, unalleviated. | |
+5 letters: predevaluation, valetudinaries. | |
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