Definitions For Decline
noun
- A downward slope or bend
- A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- Change toward something smaller or lower
- A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
- The process of becoming worse in condition or quality
- A change to a lower number or amount
verb
- Grow worse
- Grow smaller
- Show unwillingness towards
- Inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
- Go down in value
- Go down
- Refuse to accept
- To become lower in amount or less in number
- To become worse in condition or quality
- To say that you will not or cannot do something
Is Decline a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13
The word Decline is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Decline in a Sentence
- The construction of new houses declined five percent this year.
- The animal's numbers are declining rapidly.
- My grandmother's health has been declining since she broke her hip.
- A period of economic decline
- He says that American industry is in a state of decline.
- The town fell into decline after the factory closed down.