depreciate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depretiare, depretiatus, from de- + pretium (“price”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹiːʃɪeɪt/

Verb

1. (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Cudworth

     […] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Burke

     To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.

2. (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
3. (transitive) To belittle or disparage.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with deprecate (“to disapprove of”). The meaning of deprecate has lately been encroaching on depreciate in the sense 'to belittle'.

Synonyms

• (reduce in value over time):
• (belittle): do down

Antonyms

• (reduce in value over time): appreciate
• (belittle): aggrandise/aggrandize, big up (slang)

Translations

(tr.) to lessen in price or value

• Bulgarian: обезценявам (bg) (obezcenjavam)
• Finnish: alentaa (fi), laskea (fi), halventaa (fi)
• German: herabsetzen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: leértékel (hu), devalvál (hu), elértéktelenít

(intr.) to decline in value over time

• Bulgarian: обезценявам се (bg) (obezcenjavam se)
• Finnish: alentua (fi), laskea (fi), halveta (fi)
• German: abschreiben (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: leértékelődik, devalválódik, elértéktelenedik (hu)
• Latin: ēvīlescō

to belittle

• Bulgarian: подценявам (bg) (podcenjavam)
• Finnish: vähätellä (fi), väheksyä (fi)
• French: déprécier (fr), rabaisser (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: herabsetzen (de), schmälern (de)
• Hungarian: leértékel (hu), lekicsinyel (hu), leszól (hu), ócsárol (hu), becsmérel (hu), lebecsül (hu), bagatellizál (hu), elbagatellizál (hu)

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Translations to be checked

• French: déprécier (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: abwerten (de), entwerten (de)
• Maori: whakaheke uara

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