English-Spanish translations for decline

  • declinarMientras no se haya resuelto esta cuestión, el ferrocarril declinará, como declina hoy con el flete abierto. Until we have settled this point rail will decline, as it is declining today for open freight. El Reglamento mencionado, publicado hace seis años, antes de que los nuevos países fueran admitidos en la Unión Europea, no permite declinar la palabra «euro». The Regulation mentioned, announced six years ago, before the new countries were admitted to the European Union, does not allow the word euro to be declined.
  • rechazarLa Comisión era libre de rechazar este deseo del Parlamento. The Commission was at liberty to decline that wish of Parliament.
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  • declive. – Deslocalizaciones, paro, declive social. Relocations, unemployment, social decline. El declive económico se ensaña en los países pobres. Economic decline hits poor countries hardest. El sector agrícola está en declive, en especial en los nuevos Estados miembros. The agricultural sector is in decline, particularly in the new Member States.
  • retrocesoUna estrategia semejante produciría a medio plazo retroceso y estancamiento. Such strategies would lead in the medium term to stagnation and decline. El retroceso del ferrocarril está asociado también a problemas de financiación. The decline of the railways is also linked to problems concerning finance. Por esta razón es totalmente irrealista un retroceso de esta cuota de mercado. To talk of a decline in this market share is therefore totally unrealistic.

Definition of decline

  • Downward movement, fall.
  • A weakening.
  • A reduction or diminution of activity
  • The act of declining or refusing something
  • To move downwards, to fall, to drop
  • To become weaker or worse
  • To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall
  • To cause to decrease or diminish
  • To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw
  • To refuse, forbear
  • To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender
  • To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun
  • To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play

Examples

  • The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001
  • My health declined in winter
  • a line that declines from straightness
  • conduct that declines from sound morals
  • On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer
  • The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.

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