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declinate

/ˈdɛklɪnət/

declinate adjective: bent downward or aside.

Adjective

declinate (comparative more declinate, superlative most declinate)

  1. Bent downward or aside.
  2. Bending downward in a curve; declined.

Verb

IPA/ˈdɛklɪneɪt/

declinate (third-person singular simple present declinates, present participle declinating, simple past and past participle declinated)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of decline.
    • […] as if we were all to become village school teachers and spend our lives in declinating nouns and conjugating verbs.1877, Samuel Royce, Deterioration and Race Education, page 313
    • […] we observe that in the use of this auxiliary two declinated forms were conserved: […]2000, Charles J. Borges, Oscar Guilherme Pereira, Hannes Stubbe, Goa and Portugal: History and Development, page 361
    Synonyms:
    decline

declinate meaning in Bengali

declinate in Bengali

নিচের দিকে, পাশে বাঁকানো, বক্ররেখায় নিচের দিকে বাঁকানো

Synonyms of declinate

Forms of declinate

Adjective
comparativemore declinate
superlativemost declinate
Verb
third-person singular presentdeclinates
present participledeclinating
past participledeclinated
pastdeclinated

Origin of declinate

The adjective is first attested in 1820; borrowed from Latin dēclīnātus, perfect passive participle of dēclīnō (“to bend down”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about declinate

What does declinate mean?
Declinate means bent downward or aside.
What is declinate in Bengali?
Declinate in Bengali is নিচের দিকে, পাশে বাঁকানো, বক্ররেখায় নিচের দিকে বাঁকানো. See Declinate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is declinate?
Declinate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce declinate?
Declinate is pronounced /ˈdɛklɪnət/.

Words near declinate in the dictionary

  1. declinable
  2. declinal
  3. declinals
  4. declinarian
  5. declinarians
  6. declinate
  7. declinated
  8. declinately
  9. declinates
  10. declinating
  11. declination

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