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Decline of the Roman Empire — This article is about the historiography of the decline of the Roman Empire. For a description of events, see Roman Empire. For the book by Edward Gibbon, see The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. For the film, see The Fall of… … Wikipedia
decline — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ catastrophic, considerable, dramatic, drastic, large, major, marked, massive, serious, severe … Collocations dictionary
decline */*/*/ — I UK [dɪˈklaɪn] / US verb Word forms decline : present tense I/you/we/they decline he/she/it declines present participle declining past tense declined past participle declined 1) [intransitive] to become less or worse The number of people buying… … English dictionary
decline — de|cline1 [ dı klaın ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to become less or worse: The number of people buying their own homes has declined. In many cases living standards are declining. decline steadily/sharply/rapidly/dramatically: Stock prices… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
decline — I n. 1) to go into, suffer a decline 2) a gradual; sharp; steady; steep decline 3) a decline in (a decline in trade) 4) on the decline II v. (E) she declined to address the delegates * * * [dɪ klaɪn] sharp steady … Combinatory dictionary
decline — decliner, n. /di kluyn /, v., declined, declining, n. v.t. 1. to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it. 2. to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy: to decline … Universalium
Decline and abolition of the poor law system — The Decline and abolition of the Poor law system in England and Wales can be traced to around 1870 when the share of population on poor relief began to fall into sharp decline which continued until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[1]… … Wikipedia
Decline and Fall — [Decline and Fall] the first novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh. It was written in 1928 and is about the comic troubles of a quiet young man who has to leave ↑Oxford University and gets a job at a very bad ↑public school. The rich mother of … Useful english dictionary
Decline of Buddhism in India — Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History Timeline · Councils … Wikipedia
Decline of the Byzantine Empire — The decline of the Byzantine Empire was a process similar to the decline of the Western Roman Empire, in that it lasted many centuries. There is no clear consensus on when this process began; but many dates and time lines have been proposed by… … Wikipedia
