deteriorate (verb)
11deteriorate — 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 [… …
12deteriorate — [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… …
13deteriorate — [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… …
14deteriorate — [[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 …
15deteriorate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. depreciate, decline, worsen, degenerate; see decay . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. decay, degenerate, fall apart, crumble, degrade, decline, *go downhill, *go to the dogs, corrode, rot, decompose, depreciate. ANT.:… …
16deteriorate — [dɪ tɪərɪəreɪt] verb become progressively worse. Derivatives deterioration noun deteriorative adjective Origin C16: from late L. deteriorat , deteriorare, from L. deterior worse …
17deteriorate — [dɪˈtɪəriəˌreɪt] verb [I] to become worse deterioration [dɪˌtɪəriəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …
18go to pot — verb become ruined His business went to pot when economy soured • Syn: ↑go to the dogs • Hypernyms: ↑deteriorate • Verb Frames: Something s * * * ( …
19go to the dogs — verb become ruined His business went to pot when economy soured • Syn: ↑go to pot • Hypernyms: ↑deteriorate • Verb Frames: Something s * * * go to the dogs …
20deterioration — deteriorate ► VERB ▪ become progressively worse. DERIVATIVES deterioration noun. ORIGIN Latin deteriorare, from deterior worse …
