Depreciate
//dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt// verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of. transitive
"[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate."
- 2 lose in value wordnet
- 3 To decline in value over time. intransitive
- 4 lower the value of something wordnet
- 5 To belittle or disparage. transitive
"They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team."
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- 6 belittle wordnet
Example
More examples"Some assets depreciate in value."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English depreciaten, borrowed from Late Latin dēpretiātus / dēpreciātus, perfect passive participle of dēpretiō / dēpreciō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + pretium (“price”) + -ō.
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