Declining

Definition: Declining

Declining

Adjective

1. Becoming progressively lower; "steadily declining incomes"; "the down trend in the real estate market".

2. Going from better to worse.

3. Growing weaker; "declining powers of body and mind".

4. Drawing to an end; "his declining years".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "declining" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Synonyms: Declining

Age

Noun: age; oldness; Adjective: old age, advanced age, golden years; senility, senescence; years, anility, gray hairs, climacteric, grand climacteric, declining years, decrepitude, hoary age, caducity, superannuation; second childhood, second childishness; dotage; vale of years, decline of life, "sear and yellow leaf"; threescore years and ten; green old age, ripe age; longevity; time of life.

Adjective: aged; old; elderly, geriatric, senile; matronly, anile; in years; ripe, mellow, run to seed, declining, waning, past one's prime; gray, gray-headed; hoar, hoary; venerable, time-worn, antiquated, passe, effete, decrepit, superannuated; advanced in life, advanced in years; stricken in years; wrinkled, marked withthe crow's foot; having one foot in the grave; doting; (imbecile); like the last of pea time.

Disease

Weakly, weakened; (weak); decrepit; decayed; (deteriorated); incurable; (hopeless); in declining health; cranky; in a bad way, in danger, prostrate; moribund; (death).

Refusal

Noun: refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance; denial; declining; Verb: declension;

Crosswords: Declining

Where can we find two better hemispheres, without sharp north, without declining west (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein)

The declining arc is the past (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution; writing credit: Jean-Luc Godard; Paul Éluard)

As is often the case with the aged, Mrs. B's ability to smell is declining, so she can't tell if the meat she's eating is rotting (The Unbreakable Likeness of Lincoln; writing credit: Paul Sopocy)

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Books

• $100,000 Teacher: A Solution to America's Declining Public School System (reference)

• Declining Acquisitions Budgets: Allocation, Collection Development and Impact Communication (reference)

• Declining to Decline: Cultural Combat and the Politics of the Midlife (Age Studies) (reference)

• Empress Dowager Cixi: China's ;Ast Dynasty and the Long Reign of a Formidable Concubine: Legends and Lives During the Declining Days of the Qing dyn (reference)

• Globalization and the Erosion of National Financial Systems: Is Declining Autonomy Inevitable (New Directions in Modern Economics Series) (reference)

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Although the threat of smallpox is declining, this child has to put up with a routine vaccination. / UNRQA/WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by George Nehmeh..

Santa Anna declining a hasty plate of soup at Cerro Gordo. Credit: Library of Congress.

A village that is declining because of good roads and automobiles which carry the farmers to the larger towns. Haverhill, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Leaves drift down on unused farm equipment. Auburn, California. This is a section which is rapidly declining because of changed market conditions. These fruit farmers raise varieties of plums and pears that are no longer acceptable to the eastern market. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There will be enough of them, in all probability, to supply every sort of sensation that declining life can need

The sun was declining, and their appetite with it.

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Health

These cases usually involve people with declining or compromised immune systems, such as those infected with HIV or receiving chemotherapy. (references)

High blood pressure is the second leading cause of ESRD. Proteinuria in people with high blood pressure is an indicator of declining kidney function. (references)

Also, some critically ill cardiomyopathy patients with declining heart function use a small, implanted mechanical pump as a bridge to transplantation. (references)

Business

The market is characterized by innovation and declining prices. (references)

This has resulted, among other things, in declining retail prices. (references)

With declining margins on services, it is even more important to increase volumes. (references)

Children

Chile

Violence against children is a serious problem, although it appears to be declining. (references)

Libya

The Government subsidizes education (which is compulsory until age 15) and medical care, and it has improved the welfare of children; however, declining revenues and general economic mismanagement have led to cutbacks, particularly in medical services. (references)

Civil Liberties

Azerbaijan

Rising costs and declining revenues forced one of the largest opposition Azeri language dailies, Azadlig, to cease publication from June to September. (references)

Economic History

Austria

Prices for color and laser printers are steadily declining. (references)

Botswana

The overall growth of the economy, while declining, continues. (references)

Philippines

The Philippines' traditional exports are stagnant or declining. (references)

Human Rights

Mongolia

Overcrowding in prisons is declining while overcrowding in detention centers is common. (references)

Belarus

Detainees in pretrial detention facilities also reported poor conditions and denial of medical treatment, which contributed to their declining health while they awaited trial. (references)

China

Local officials, caught between pressures from superiors (usually provincial-level leaders) to show declining birth rates, and from local citizens to allow them to have more than one child, frequently make false reports. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

Auto sales on the whole have been declining since the 1998 recession. (references)

Nauru

The economy depends almost entirely on the country's declining phosphate deposits. (references)

NIGERIA

Actual enrollment is declining due to the continuing deterioration of public schools. (references)

Political Rights

Bahamas

The two principal political parties are the ruling Free National Movement and the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). In June Prime Minister Ingraham announced that he was declining the FNM's invitation to serve a third term. (references)

Suriname

The law allows early elections with the concurrence of both the National Assembly and the President; in May 1999, widespread street demonstrations triggered by the declining economy forced the Government of then-President Wijdenbosch to call early elections, which were held in May 2000. After those elections, which observers considered to be generally free and fair, the National Assembly elected NPS leader Ronald Venetiaan as President in August 2000. The Constitution provides for the organization and functioning of political parties. (references)

Trade

Costa Rica

Private banks have been undergoing a consolidation, with the total number of banks declining. (references)

Travel

Peru

The cost of rented residential space, apartments, or offices is relatively high, although declining demand during the last three years has increased supply and reduced prices. (references)

Qatar

Due to declining oil production and revenues in the late 1980s and 1990s, the Government recently issued regulations requiring expatriates to pay fees for certain medical reports and birth registration. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Both government officials and NGO leaders familiar with FGM problems believe invasive FGM practices are declining. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Rising school tuition fees and declining rural incomes discourage many rural parents from keeping their children, especially girls, in school beyond the fourth grade and make such offers more attractive. (references)

South Africa

Union membership in the private sector has continued to decline steadily in recent years as a result of job layoffs and declining formal sector employment, including in industries that have been heavily unionized, such as mining and manufacturing. (references)

Yugoslavia

Unlike in the previous year, the law governing trade union registration no longer enables employers to block registration by declining to certify that the union delegate is a full-time employee, effectively preventing unions from opening bank accounts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "declining": declining age ♦ declining area ♦ declining balance depreciation ♦ Declining balance method ♦ declining balance method of depreciation ♦ declining region ♦ declining years ♦ in one's declining years. Additional references.

Beginning with "declining": declining-cost, declining-in.

Ending with "declining": fast-declining, rapidly-declining, still-declining.

Albanian

i moshuar (advanced in years, elder, old, ripe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متضعضع (decayed), ‏متدن (disadvantaged, dropped). (various references)

Chinese 

颯 (sound of wind), 下降 (Declined, Descent, lapsed, lapsing). (various references)

Czech

klesající (declinatory, decreasing, descending, failing, sloping). (various references)

Danish

degressiv afskrivning (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, reducing depreciation, regressive writing off), tilbagegangsomraade (declining area, declining region, lagging region), saldoafskrivningsmetoden (declining balance method of depreciation, diminishing instalment system, reducing balance method, reducing instalment method, written down value method), regioner ramt af industriel tilbagegang (declining industrial areas (preferred version), regions affected by industrial decline), industrisektorer i tilbagegang (declining industries), industriområder i tilbagegang (declining industrial areas (preferred version), regions affected by industrial decline), industriområde,der er i tilbagegang (declining industrial region), befolkningstilbagegang (declining population, deficient population), afvisning af sager paa grund af rettens manglende kompetence (declining of jurisdiction by the Court), aftagende population (declining population, deficient population), aftagende efterspoergsel (declining demand), aftagende befolkning (declining population, deficient population). (various references)

Dutch

door de achteruitgang van de industrie getroffen regio's (declining industrial areas (preferred version), regions affected by industrial decline), degressieve afschrijvingsmethode (declining balance method of depreciation, diminishing instalment system, reducing balance method, reducing instalment method, written down value method), degressieve afschrijving (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, reducing depreciation, regressive writing off), teruglopende vraag (declining demand), regressief afschrijven (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, reducing depreciation, regressive writing off), onbevoegdverklaring van het Gerecht (declining of jurisdiction by the Court), industriegebieden met afnemende economische activiteit (declining industrial areas (preferred version), regions affected by industrial decline), industriegebied met afnemende economische activiteit (declining industrial region), bevolkingsvermindering (declining population, deficient population), bevolkingsafname (declining population, deficient population), afnemende bevolking (declining population, deficient population), afnemende afschrijving (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, Declining balance method, Diminishing provision method, Reducing charge method, reducing depreciation, regressive writing off), achteruitgaande industrieën (declining industries), achterstandgebied (declining area, declining region, lagging region). (various references)

Finnish

taantuva (retrogressive), hylkääminen (abandonment, desertion, refusal, rejection). (various references)

French

dépérissant, défaillant, déclinant (decaying, deteriorating), décadent (decadent), sur son déclin, au déclin. (various references)

German

abwinkend. (various references)

Greek 

φθίνουσα (dwindling). (various references)

Hungarian

hanyatló (decadent, decaying, failing, retrograde, retrogressive). (various references)

Italian

domanda in declino (declining demand), declinazione di competenza del Tribunale (declining of jurisdiction by the Court), zone industriali in declino (declining industrial areas (preferred version), regions affected by industrial decline), settori industriali in declino (declining industries), regioni colpite dal declino industriale (declining industrial areas (preferred version), regions affected by industrial decline), regione industriale in declino (declining industrial region), regione in declino (declining area, declining region, lagging region), popolazione in diminuzione (declining population, deficient population), popolazione in calo (declining population, deficient population), popolazione decrescente (declining population, deficient population), popolazione declinante (declining population, deficient population), metodo di ammortamento a quote proporzionali ai valori residui (declining balance method of depreciation, diminishing instalment system, reducing balance method, reducing instalment method, written down value method), ammortamento scalare (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, reducing depreciation, regressive writing off), ammortamento per quote decrescenti (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, reducing depreciation, regressive writing off), ammortamento degressivo (Declining balance method, Diminishing provision method, Reducing charge method). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

辞儀 (greeting, refusing), 衰替 (weaken), お断わり (declination, nonacceptance, refusal, rejection, turndown), 斜陽 (setting sun), 断り (declination, nonacceptance, refusal, rejection, turndown), 断わり (declination, nonacceptance, refusal, rejection, turndown), 拝辞 (resigning), 御断わり (declination, nonacceptance, refusal, rejection, turndown), 御免 (dismissal, permission, your pardon), ご免 (dismissal, permission, your pardon), 下火 (burning low, waning). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すいたい (decadence, decay, decline, drunkenness, ebb tide, intoxication, presided over by, waning, weaken, weakening), おことわり (declination, nonacceptance, refusal, rejection, turndown), したび (burning low, waning), しゃよう (company business, setting sun), ごめん (dismissal, permission, your pardon), ことわり (declination, nonacceptance, refusal, rejection, turndown), じぎ (fitting thing, greeting, mere child's play, refusing, season's greetings, the meaning or sense of a word, the right time), はいじ (resigning). (various references)

Korean 

조락. (various references)

Pig Latin

ecliningday.(various references)

Portuguese

declinante, decadente (decadent). (various references)

Romanian

declinare. (various references)

Russian 

преклонный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

silazni (degressive, descending, downward, falling). (various references)

Spanish

declinante, decadente (decadent, effete). (various references)

Swedish

degressiv avskrivning (accelerated depreciation, declining balance depreciation, declining balance method of depreciation, diminishing instalment system, reducing balance method, reducing depreciation, reducing instalment method, regressive writing off, written down value method), industriregion på tillbakagång (declining industrial region), ålderdom (age, declining years, old age). (various references)

Ukrainian

похилий (askew, aslope, canting, downhill, inclined, oblique, prone, sidelong, slanting, sloping). (various references)

Vietnamese 

xuống dốc, tàn tạ. (various references)

Welsh

llethrog (sloping, steep). (various references)

Misspellings

"Declining" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: delinking. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: inclined.

-2 letters: ceiling, clinged, deicing, eliding, incline, indigen, lending.

-3 letters: ceding, dicing, dieing, dingle, dining, ending, engild, ginned, idling, indign, lignin, linden, lining, niding.

-4 letters: cline, cling, deign, dinge, gelid, genic, genii, glide, icing, indie, ingle, inned, lined, linen, linin.

-5 letters: cedi, ceil, cine, deil, deli, deni, dice, diel, dine, ding, geld, gied, gien, gild.

+2 letters: cylindering.

+3 letters: decolonizing, discerningly.

+4 letters: credentialing.

+5 letters: credentialling, decentralizing, dechlorinating, denuclearizing, endocrinologic, nonideological.