deteriorate
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deteriorate (third-person singular simple present deteriorates, present participle deteriorating, simple past and past participle deteriorated)
- (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
- (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
- 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, BBC:
- It was turning into an abysmal afternoon for Newcastle and it deteriorated further when Tiote saw red for his challenge on Jon Ashton.
- 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, BBC:
Translations [edit]
make worse
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grow worse
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Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
deteriorate f
- Feminine plural form of deteriorato
Verb [edit]
deteriorate
- second-person plural present indicative of deteriorare
- second-person plural imperative of deteriorare
- Feminine plural of deteriorato