general decline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralanddecline
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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(Definition ofgeneralanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, despite thegeneraldeclineof very, both very and really exhibit a comparable state of diffusion across the speech community.
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This has led to ageneraldeclinein landscape diversity with negative consequences for provision of ecosystem services.
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In contrast, the later decline in anisotropy seen in dark-reared ferrets occurred along with ageneraldeclinein orientation selectivity and visual responsiveness.
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The results were compromised by ageneraldeclinein the fitness over generations.
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At 5 - 7 years of age, ageneraldeclinein status was evident for children previously classified as normal.
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What is interesting about their findings is that it discovered ageneraldeclinein support for the welfare state irrespective of regime type.
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The corollary to this overall increase of employment was ageneraldeclineof self-employment, again for all age-groups.
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As discussed above, ageneraldeclinein growth rates called into question the policy equilibrium of the post-war period.
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One should not, however, interpret this as a period ofgeneraldeclinefor the voluntary social sector.
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The coincident timing between peak sanitary investment and the onset of ageneraldeclinein infant mortality is highly suggestive of a causative relationship.
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Laments that the rise of soft news reflects ageneraldeclinein tastes also miss the economic factors driving news content.
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As well as thegeneraldeclinein the number of errors with age, these asymmetries are less evident for the two older groups.
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But the idea of ageneraldeclineattributable to the actions of the entrepreneurial elite is debatable.
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For funding purposes, thisgeneraldeclinehas been exacerbated by the dwindling supply of 30-year bonds.
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There is ageneraldeclinein plasticity with age, but this does not occur in extragranular layers in dark-reared animals before 14 weeks.
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Ageneraldeclinein activity occurred during and following germination, and was dissimilar to that of endo-b-mannanase.
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Across the range of sanitary functions 1901-1905 marked the peak of investment after which there was an equallygeneraldeclinein the annual rate of expenditure on all functions.
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The crude birth rate shows ageneraldeclineuntil the middle of the 1930s, an increase until the late 1950s, and since 1961 a continuous fall.
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