Dictionary Entry
depreciate
depreciate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
- 2intransitive verb
To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.
- 3verb
lose in value
"The dollar depreciated again"
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- 4verb
lower the value of something
"The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
- 5verb
belittle
"The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
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