DECLINE - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce decline?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of decline by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of decline through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of decline is /dɪklˈaɪn/.

Definition of decline according to Wiktionary:
decline can be a noun or a verb

As a noun decline can mean:
1. Downward movement, fall.
2. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
3. A weakening.
4. A reduction or diminution of activity.
5. The act of declining or refusing something.

As a verb decline can mean:
1. To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
2. To become weaker or worse.
3. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
4. To cause to decrease or diminish.
5. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
6. To refuse, forbear.
7. To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
8. To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
9. 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.

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