decline

1. (intransitive)To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

   The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.

   sinken, fallen

   спада́тьspadátʹ

   fall in value

2. (intransitive)To become weaker or worse.

   My health declined in winter.

   abnehmen, zurückgehen

   ослабеватьoslabevatʹ

   grow worse

3. (transitive)To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

4. (transitive)To cause to decrease or diminish.

5. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.

   a line that declines from straightness

   conduct that declines from sound morals

6. (transitive)To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.

   On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.

   ablehnen, abschlagen

   отказатьotkazatʹ

   відхиля́тиvidxyljáty, відхили́тиvidxylýty

7. (transitive, usually)To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.

   deklinieren

   склоня́тьsklonjátʹ

   відмі́нюватиvidmínjuvaty

   inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

8. (transitive)To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.

9. (broadly)To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.

10. (Canadian)To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

    The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.

1. They declined the invitation to our party.

   Вони відхилили запрошення на вечірку.

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2. She declined to say more about it.

   Вона відмовилася розказати більше про це.

   ruОна отказалась сказать об этом больше.

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3. I must decline.

   Я маю відмовити.

   deIch muss ablehnen.

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4. She declined the invitation.

   Вона відхилила запрошення.

   ruОна отклонила приглашение.

   deSie lehnte die Einladung ab.

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5. Tom declined to comment.

   Том відмовився давати коментарі.

   ruТом отказался от комментариев.

   deTom lehnte einen Kommentar ab.

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