Meaning & use
declining
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Gradually decreasing in amount, quality, strength, or importance.
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The company struggled to reverse its declining sales figures.
Doctors monitored her declining health closely.
A note on using this word
Also the present participle of the verb 'decline,' which can mean either 'to decrease' or 'to politely refuse.'
Words with a similar meaning
decreasingdwindling
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Words with an opposite meaning
risinggrowing
Another way to use it
2. verb
Politely refusing an offer or invitation.
He kept declining every invitation to the reunion.
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