Róż
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: 16 lis 2010, 4:16
autor: pelas91
Czy jest jakaś róż
nica pomiędzy rzeczownikami decrease oraz decline, czy tez mogę je traktowac jako synonimy?
Oba znaczą mniej więcej, spadek, zmniejszenie się, ubytek?
Re: Róż
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: 22 lis 2010, 6:31
autor: Gość
Decrease
To grow or cause to grow gradually less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
To make or become less. Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.
Decline
1. To express polite refusal.
a. To slope downward; descend.
b. To bend downward; droop.
3. To degrade or lower oneself; condescend.
4. To deteriorate gradually; fail.
a. To sink, as the setting sun.
b. To draw to a gradual close; wane.
1. To refuse politely: I declined their offer of help.
2. To cause to slope or bend downward.
3. Grammar To inflect (a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective) for number and case.
1. The process or result of declining, especially a gradual deterioration.
2. A downward movement.
3. The period when something approaches an end.
4. A downward slope; a declivity.
5. A disease that gradually weakens or wastes the body.