deteriorate

deteriorate
intransitive verb
sich verschlechtern; [Haus:] verfallen, verkommen; [Holz, Leder:] verrotten

his work has deteriorated — seine Arbeit hat nachgelassen

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[di'tiəriəreit]
verb
(to grow worse: His work has deteriorated recently.) verschlechtern
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de·terio·rate
[dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt, AM -ˈtɪriə-]
vi
1. (become worse) condition, situation sich akk verschlechtern; sales zurückgehen; morals verfallen; tumour entarten; a discussion an Niveau verlieren
the conflict seems to be deteriorating into a war der Konflikt scheint in einen Krieg auszuarten
the economy is slowly deteriorating mit der Wirtschaft geht es langsam bergab
to \deteriorate dramatically/markedly/steadily sich akk dramatisch/merklich/stetig verschlechtern
2. (disintegrate) building, structure verfallen, baufällig werden, verkommen fam; leather, wood sich akk zersetzen, verrotten; food verderben, vergammeln fam
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[dI'tIərIəreɪt]
vi
sich verschlechtern; (materials) verderben; (species) entarten; (morals, brickwork) verfallen
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deteriorate [dıˈtıərıəreıt]
A v/i
1. sich verschlechtern, schlechter werden, (Material) verderben, (Tierrasse etc) entarten:
his health deteriorated sein Gesundheitszustand verschlechterte sich
2. verfallen, herunterkommen
3. WIRTSCH an Wert verlieren
B v/t
1. verschlechtern, verschlimmern, beeinträchtigen
2. den Wert (ver)mindern
3. im Wert (ver)mindern, herabsetzen
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intransitive verb
sich verschlechtern; [Haus:] verfallen, verkommen; [Holz, Leder:] verrotten

his work has deteriorated — seine Arbeit hat nachgelassen

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v.
verschlechtern v.

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