The meaning of Deterioration

noun

A mechanical failure.

Usage examples:

Breakdowns could totally disrupt production

noun

A mechanical failure, or a failure in a system or a relationship

Usage examples:

There was evidently a breakdown in communication leading to the false report., their car trip was a…

noun

A failure to work correctly or to be successful

Usage examples:

The city is losing millions of dollars in lost productivity because of all of the mechanical breakd…

verb

(of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way.

Usage examples:

The roof collapsed on top of me

noun

An instance of a structure falling down or giving way.

Usage examples:

The collapse of a railway bridge

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically

verb

(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi.

Usage examples:

The body had begun to decay

noun

The state or process of rotting or decomposition.

Usage examples:

Hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood

noun

Damage, or a state that becomes gradually worse

Usage examples:

The dentist says i have a lot of tooth decay., there’s still too much crime, poverty, and decay in …

verb

(typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.

Usage examples:

The birth rate continued to decline

noun

A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.

Usage examples:

A serious decline in bird numbers

verb

To go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken

Usage examples:

His interest in the project declined after his wife died., her health declined quickly., [ t ] she …

noun

The state or process of rotting; decay.

Usage examples:

The decomposition of organic waste

noun

The state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration.

Usage examples:

Overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland

noun

The process of becoming worse

Usage examples:

X-rays showed some degeneration of bone.

noun

The condition or process of degrading or being degraded.

Usage examples:

A trail of human misery and degradation

noun

The process by which something is made worse, esp. the quality of land

Usage examples:

One of the effects of environmental degradation is the absence of fish in that river.

noun

A decline in economic, business, or other activity.

Usage examples:

A downturn in the housing market

noun

A reduction in the amount or success of something

Usage examples:

A downturn in car sales

noun

A reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity

Usage examples:

Economic/market downturn thousands of workers have lost their jobs in the economic downturn., there…

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb

Let fall to the ground

noun

The movement of the tide out to sea.

Usage examples:

The tide was on the ebb

verb

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.

Usage examples:

The tide began to ebb

noun

Lack of success.

Usage examples:

An economic policy that is doomed to failure

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun

An act of falling or collapsing.

Usage examples:

His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

verb

Descend freely under the influence of gravity

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

noun

The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

The breeze shifted and we caught the stench of putrefaction

noun

The state of decaying

noun

The process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one.

Usage examples:

A retrogression to 19th-century attitudes

noun

The act of returning to an older and worse state

Usage examples:

Incompetent management has led the economy to retrogression., a society which sidelines women is he…

verb

(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose.

Usage examples:

The chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away

noun

The process of decaying.

Usage examples:

The leaves were turning black with rot

verb

To decay, or to cause something to decay or weaken

Usage examples:

[ i ] the fallen apples rotted on the ground., [ t ] dampness rotted the old wood., rot weakened th…

verb

Move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.

Usage examples:

She slid down the bank into the water

noun

A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.

Usage examples:

Anna played on the slide

verb

Move smoothly along a surface

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Usage examples:

His monthly salary slip

verb

Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.

Usage examples:

She slumped against the cushions

noun

A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.

Usage examples:

A slump in profits

verb

To fall heavily and suddenly

Usage examples:

She slumped to the floor in a faint., the old man slumped in his chair, asleep., we both slumped ag…

noun

The action of ruining or destroying something.

Usage examples:

The spoliation of the countryside

noun

The state of not flowing or moving.

Usage examples:

Blocked drains resulting in water stagnation

noun

A state in which growth or development stops

Usage examples:

The chancellor's policy was to expand into new markets in order to avoid economic stagnation., berl…

verb

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

Usage examples:

Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds.

noun

The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape.

Usage examples:

I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane

verb

Present participle of wane

Usage examples:

By the late 70s the band's popularity was beginning to wane.

verb

Make or become worse.

Usage examples:

Her condition worsened on the flight

adjective

Becoming worse; deteriorating.

Usage examples:

The country's worsening economic situation

noun

The process of becoming worse.

Usage examples:

The worsening of air quality in pristine areas