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decline
Verb
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If something declines, it goes down in number, quality, slope, or value.
The Australian dollar has declined 3% against the Euro.
The number of students studying foreign languages continues to decline.
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If someone declines an offer, they do not accept it.
We asked Josh to come with us to the restaurant, but he declined.
decline
Noun
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A decline happens when the number, quality, slope, or value of something goes down.
There has been a 3% decline in the Australian dollar against the Euro.
Every year we see a larger decline in the number of students studying foreign languages.
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A decline is a hill or line that goes down.
The truck crashed after picking up too much speed on the decline.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
fortune
Noun
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A very large amount of money.
A million dollars is a fortune.
He made a fortune selling cars.
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Fortune is chance or luck.
When we were lost, we had the good fortune to meet a postman.
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Fortune is a person's future.
Jack went off into the world to seek his fortune.
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Fortune is often written about as if it was a person.
Fortune smiled at me, and I won the lottery.