deteriorate
11deteriorate */ — UK [dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪt] / US [dɪˈtɪrɪəˌreɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms deteriorate : present tense I/you/we/they deteriorate he/she/it deteriorates present participle deteriorating past tense deteriorated past participle deteriorated to become… …
12deteriorate — verb ADVERB ▪ badly, seriously, severely ▪ dramatically, quickly, rapidly, sharply ▪ slowly ▪ …
13deteriorate — de|te|ri|o|rate [ dı tıriə,reıt ] verb intransitive * to become worse: The weather deteriorated rapidly so the game was abandoned. deteriorate into: The economic situation could quickly deteriorate into social unrest. ╾ de|te|ri|o|ra|tion [… …
14deteriorate — [16] The meaning of deteriorate resides etymologically in its first syllable, which represents the Latin preposition dē ‘down’. To this was added the adjectival suffix ter, to produce *dēter ‘bad’, and this in turn was modified with the… …
15deteriorate — [16] The meaning of deteriorate resides etymologically in its first syllable, which represents the Latin preposition dē ‘down’. To this was added the adjectival suffix ter, to produce *dēter ‘bad’, and this in turn was modified with the… …
16deteriorate — verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare, from Latin deterior worse, from de + ter (suffix as in Latin uter which of two) + ior (comparative suffix) more at whether, er Date: 1572 transitive verb …
17deteriorate — See degenerate. See degenerate, deteriorate …
18deteriorate — de|te|ri|o|rate [dıˈtıəriəreıt US ˈtır ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: deteriorare, from [i]Latin deterior worse ] 1.) to become worse ▪ Ethel s health has deteriorated. ▪ America s deteriorating economy 2.) deteriorate into sth to… …
19deteriorate — [[t]dɪtɪ͟əriəreɪt[/t]] deteriorates, deteriorating, deteriorated VERB If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way. There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full scale war... The weather conditions are deteriorating …
20deteriorate — verb 1) his health deteriorated Syn: worsen, decline, degenerate; fail, slump, slip, go downhill, wane, ebb; informal go to pot Ant: improve 2) these materials deteriorate if stored wrongly …
