# declined

Pronunciation: say "di-KLYND" /dɪˈklaɪnd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of decline. — simple past and past participle of decline
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of decline. Use this form for something that already happened or after 'have' and 'was'.
   - _He politely declined the offer of a second helping._
   - _Stock prices declined steadily throughout the afternoon session._

## Adjective

2. Pointing in an oblique direction, usually angled downward from the point where it attaches.
   - Simple: Pointing down and to one side at a slanted angle.
   - _Botanists noted the declined branches curving away from the main stem._
   - _The shrub's declined leaves slanted obliquely toward the ground._

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