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- pronunciation:
- dih
tir
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reIt
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
deteriorates, deteriorating, deteriorated |
| definition: |
When something deteriorates, it gets bad, usually little by little.
The playground was nice when it was new, but now everything is deteriorating because nobody takes care of it.Mrs. Wu's health deteriorated because she stopped taking her medicine and wasn't eating well.The quality of the restaurant's food has deteriorated since they got a new chef with little experience.- antonyms:
- improve
- similar words:
- decline, slip, suffer, wear
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| related words: |
decay, fade, fail, wane, wear, wilt |
| derivation: |
deterioration (n.) |
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