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declive

American

[dih-klahyv] / dɪˈklaɪv /

adjective

Obsolete.

declivous.

Etymology

Origin of declive

1625–35; < Latin dēclīvis sloping downward; declivity

Example Sentences

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Se sabe o se sospecha que casi la mitad de todas las especies de aves del mundo están en declive y el cambio climático podría acelerar esta tendencia.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Han pasado los años y los mutantes están en declive.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020

Corpus compressissimum, assulaeforme: caput crassius, minus altum, declive.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

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