DEVALUE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
Pronunciation: | | dee'valyoo
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Matching Terms: | | devaluate, devaluation, devalued
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- [v] lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- [v] lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
- [v] remove the value from; deprive of its value
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| Synonyms: | | depreciate, devaluate, undervalue |
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| Antonyms: | | appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue | |
| See Also: | | alloy, alter, change, cheapen, debase, decrease, degrade, demonetise, demonetize, diminish, fall, lessen, lour, lower | |
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| Related Terms: | | adulterate, alloy, canker, cheapen, circulate, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, demonetize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devaluate, distort, infect, issue, lower, mark down, misuse, pervert, poison, pollute, prostitute, ravage, ravish, reissue, remonetize, revalue, taint, twist, ulcerate, underrate, undervalue, utter, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, write, write off |
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