deteriorate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  2. (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.ɹeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriorātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin dēteriorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from Latin dēterior (“worse”). Cognate with French détériorer.

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