degenerate
To lose good or desirable qualitiesTo lose good or desirable qualities.
» Don't allow your muscles to degenerate.
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2 senses(intransitive)To lose good or desirable qualities.
His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.
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вырождатьсяvyroždatʹsja, дегенерироватьdegenerirovatʹ
виро́джуватисяvyródžuvatysja, ви́родитисяvýrodytysja, дегенерува́тиdeheneruváty
(transitive)To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
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- grow progressively worse
Examples
13 sentencesDon't allow your muscles to degenerate.
Standards of art are slowly degenerate.
The meeting degenerated into a vicious brawl.
Live can so easily degenerate into something sordid and vulgar.
deDas Leben kann so leicht in etwas Schmutziges und Vulgäres entarten. — Tickler
There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin degenerō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Italian degenerare, French dégénFrom Latin degenerō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Italian degenerare, French dégénérer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, degener). By surface analysis, de- + generate.
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Forms
degenerates, degenerating, degenerated, degenerated| Base form | degenerate · to degenerate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | degenerates |
| Present participle | degenerating |
| Past simple | degenerated |
| Past participle | degenerated |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- grow progressively worse:devolvedeterioratedrop
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle