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deteriorate

Verb Forms

1. to become worse
   • Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.
   • They had to cope with deteriorating weather conditions.
   • deteriorate into something The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument.

   Extra Examples

   • Relations between the two countries have deteriorated further this week.
   • The situation is likely to deteriorate unless something is done now.
   • The unrest rapidly deteriorated into civil war.
   • The overall quality of rivers and canals has deteriorated.
   Topics Change, cause and effectc1

   Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb

   • badly
   • seriously
   • severely
   • …
   verb + deteriorate
   • begin to
   • continue to
   • be likely to
   • …
   preposition
   • into
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   Word Originlate 16th cent. [in the sense ‘make worse’]: from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened’, from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse’.

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Check pronunciation: deteriorate

deteriorate

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• deteriorate [verb]

deteriorate /dɪˈtirijəˌreɪt/ verb

deteriorates; deteriorated; deteriorating

deteriorate

/dɪˈtirijəˌreɪt/

verb

deteriorates; deteriorated; deteriorating

Britannica Dictionary definition of DETERIORATE

1

[no object] : to become worse as time passes

• The weather gradually deteriorated [=worsened] as the day went on.

• Her health continues to deteriorate. [=decline]

• efforts to save a deteriorating rain forest

• The disagreement deteriorated into a fight. [=the disagreement got worse and eventually became a fight]

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2

[+ object] : to make [something] worse

• Exposure to rain and sun will gradually deteriorate the paint.

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