declining birth rate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdecline,birthandrate
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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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birth
noun
uk/bɜːθ/us/bɝːθ/
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk/reɪt/us/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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(Definition ofdecline,birthandratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Decliningbirthrates in many developed countries have led to more ' vertical ' family structures.
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Government concern over thedecliningbirthrate and concomitant declining rates of natural population growth was motivated by a set of reasons.
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Do we believe we are going to make headway when there is thisdecliningbirthrate?
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I should be very sorry to be asked what is the cause of thedecliningbirthrate.
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I think that adecliningbirthrate will deprive us of quality.
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Both agree that ageing anddecliningbirthrates are the result of social and economic development.
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At the same time, the fundamental issue to address is thedecliningbirthrate - the process that has continued for several decades.
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We have heard a lot for some time past about thedecliningbirthrate, but it seems to me that large families are always penalised.
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But if we are to fulfil the second purpose—to avoid the danger of a steeplydecliningbirth-rate—we have to go further than that.
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We have heard to-day mention of adecliningbirthrate.
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Its whole purpose is to stop thedecliningbirthrate.
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He quite rightly said that contraceptive methods were the means and not the cause of thedecliningbirthrate.
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Demographic change, in the shape of an ageing population and adecliningbirthrate, must be addressed.
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The results of adecliningbirth-rate are shown in the loss of leaders, the loss of younger sons and the sons of the clergy.
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What is the use of talking about adecliningbirthrate when the young men are not allowed to provide for getting married?
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Surely, he is not claiming any credit for adecliningbirth-rate, 18 years ago, as part of cutting the cost of defence now.
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Thedecliningbirthrate in this country is not the important thing.
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That is bound to happen with adecliningbirthrate and a falling death rate.
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That is an appalling state of affairs when our youth and children are becoming more and more important in face of thedecliningbirthrate.
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There is adecliningbirth-rate in this country.
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