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devalue

/diːˈvæljuː/

devalue verb: to lower or remove the value of something.

Verb

devalue (third-person singular simple present devalues, present participle devaluing, simple past and past participle devalued)

  1. (transitive) To lower or remove the value of something.
    • Scotland is beaten only by properties in London, which increase in value by 64% on average when within half a mile of a station - although in some cases in the capital, being near to a station devalues the house.2023 January 25, Mel Holley, “Network News: London leads the way on rail-related house price surge”, in RAIL, number 975, page 15
  2. (intransitive) To lose value; to depreciate.

devalue meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

devalue in Tamil

மதிப்பைக் குறை

devalue in Urdu

قیمت گھٹانا

devalue in Malayalam

disparage, belittle, depreciate
വില കുറയ്ക്കുക, അവമൂല്യനം ചെയ്യുക, മൂല്യം കുറയ്ക്കുക, മൂല്യശോഷണം വരുത്തുക, താഴ്ത്തിക്കെട്ടുക, വില ഇടിച്ചു കാണിക്കുക

devalue in Kannada

ಬೆಲೆತಗ್ಗಿಸು

Examples of devalue in a sentence

  • The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!
  • Scholars have accurately credited both republicans and democrats for the political alienation and devaluing of Black womanhood.
  • Fans of trash horror other and devalue slasher-cycle horror as overly commercial or nonunderground.

All 17 example sentences with devalue

Synonyms of devalue

All synonyms of devalue

Forms of devalue

third-person singular presentdevalues
present participledevaluing
past participledevalued
pastdevalued

Past tense of devalue: devalued

Origin of devalue

From de- + value.

Words formed from devalue

Questions about devalue

What does devalue mean?
Devalue means to lower or remove the value of something.
What is devalue in Tamil?
Devalue in Tamil is மதிப்பைக் குறை. See Devalue meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is devalue?
Devalue is a verb.
How do you pronounce devalue?
Devalue is pronounced /diːˈvæljuː/.
What is the past tense of devalue?
The past tense of devalue is devalued.

Words near devalue in the dictionary

  1. devaluationary
  2. devaluations
  3. devaluative
  4. devaluator
  5. devaluators
  6. devalue
  7. devalued
  8. devaluer
  9. devaluers
  10. devalues
  11. devaluing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: devalue (page history and authors); devalue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devalue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); devalue (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); devalue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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