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Both studies find evidence of such a decline.
Les deux études obtiennent des résultats qui confirment cette hypothèse.
© 1995 - 2010, Bank of Canada
The sales projections we have purchased from Global Industry Analysts indicate that sales of NiCd batteries will continue to increase, although their market share is on the decline.
Les projections de ventes que nous avons achetées de Global Industry Analysts indiquent une hausse continue des ventes de piles NiCd, même si leur part de marché est en baisse.
A schedule was set up so that payments that totalled $110 million in 1967 would decline by $14 million a year to reach $12 million by 1974.
Un calendrier de paiements a été élaboré afin que les paiements totalisant 110 M$ en 1967 diminuent de 14 M$ par année jusqu'à 12 M$ en 1974.
© Ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux Canada
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada
These bounds were to gradually decline to 1 and 3 per cent by the end of 1995.
Ces limites devaient diminuer progressivement par la suite pour s'établir à 1 et 3 % à la fin de 1995.
© 1995 - 2010, Bank of Canada
Because previous submissions reported trends in land-use change, this approach may be construed as a decline in inventory quality.
Puisque les précédentes déclarations ont fourni les tendances des changements d'affectation des terres, la méthode décrite peut être perçue comme un déclin au chapitre de la qualité de l'inventaire.
Those twelve years of vain waiting and increasing decline did not seem to have diminished her conviction that in spite of everything she would some day triumph.
Ces douze années d’attente vaine, de déchéances successives, ne semblaient pas même avoir entamé la certitude où elle était malgré tout, de triompher un jour.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
The worst was that they had been unable to disguise some hesitation when they found themselves under the gaze of the ardent, dilated eyes with which he implored them-eyes in which one could read the hidden fear of decline.
Et le pis était qu’ils n’avaient pu cacher une hésitation, sous les gros yeux ardents dont il les suppliait, des yeux où se lisait la peur cachée de sa décadence.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The man with the tabour, who was becoming consoled at the sight of my preparations as a fine dancer, had only to shroud his face after that, and bewail the decline of art.
L’homme au tambourin, que mes préparatifs de beau danseur consolaient, n’eut plus qu’à se voiler la face et à gémir sur la décadence de l’art.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
All models, However project a large decline in polar sea ice.
Tous les modèles projettent cependant un important déclin de la glace de mer polaire.
© Ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services
a decline in memory, reasoning and communication skills
Perte de mémoire, troubles du raisonnement et dégradation des capacités à communiquer.
© 2011 Alzheimer's Society
© 2011 Alzheimer's Society
The cuts to medical school places in the 1990s, in contrast, had a smaller effect, accounting for about 11% of the overall decline after 1993.
En revanche, les répercussions des coupures dans les places disponibles dans les facultés de médecine dans les années 1990 n'étaient pas aussi évidentes; en effet, elles étaient responsables d'environ 11 % de la baisse générale après 1993.
© 1996-2010, Institut canadien d'information sur la santé (ICIS)
© 1996-2010, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
The Office cannot accept that a region that has been given priority by the governing bodies of UNDCP and the Centre for International Crime Prevention should post a decline in the biennium 2004-2005.
L'Office ne saurait admettre que les ressources allouées à une région à laquelle les organes directeurs du PNUCID et le Centre pour la prévention internationale du crime ont donné la priorité baissant au cours de l'exercice biennal 2004-2005.
© United Nations 2010
© Organisation des Nations Unies, 2010
"I decline the combat, sir," said Denbigh, with more firmness.
– Je n’accepte pas son défi, ajouta-t-il avec fermeté.
Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
Of these, it is likely that winter habitat loss is the primary factor contributing to the decline of Dunlin populations.
Parmi ces facteurs, il semble que la perte de l'habitat d'hivernage soit le principal responsable du déclin des populations de Bécasseaux variables.
Even if these cases clearly established a test of avoidability, I would decline to endorse it.
Même si ces décisions établissent clairement un critère d'inévitabilité, je refuserais de l'appuyer.

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decline a lift
renoncer à un essai
declining balance depreciation
amortissement dégressif

Word forms

decline

verb
Basic forms
Pastdeclined
Imperativedecline
Present Participle (Participle I)declining
Past Participle (Participle II)declined
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I declinewe decline
you declineyou decline
he/she/it declinesthey decline
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am decliningwe are declining
you are decliningyou are declining
he/she/it is decliningthey are declining
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have declinedwe have declined
you have declinedyou have declined
he/she/it has declinedthey have declined
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been decliningwe have been declining
you have been decliningyou have been declining
he/she/it has been decliningthey have been declining
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I declinedwe declined
you declinedyou declined
he/she/it declinedthey declined
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was decliningwe were declining
you were decliningyou were declining
he/she/it was decliningthey were declining
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had declinedwe had declined
you had declinedyou had declined
he/she/it had declinedthey had declined
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been decliningwe had been declining
you had been decliningyou had been declining
he/she/it had been decliningthey had been declining
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will declinewe shall/will decline
you will declineyou will decline
he/she/it will declinethey will decline
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be decliningwe shall/will be declining
you will be decliningyou will be declining
he/she/it will be decliningthey will be declining
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have declinedwe shall/will have declined
you will have declinedyou will have declined
he/she/it will have declinedthey will have declined
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been decliningwe shall/will have been declining
you will have been decliningyou will have been declining
he/she/it will have been decliningthey will have been declining
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would declinewe should/would decline
you would declineyou would decline
he/she/it would declinethey would decline
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be decliningwe should/would be declining
you would be decliningyou would be declining
he/she/it would be decliningthey would be declining
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have declinedwe should/would have declined
you would have declinedyou would have declined
he/she/it would have declinedthey would have declined
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been decliningwe should/would have been declining
you would have been decliningyou would have been declining
he/she/it would have been decliningthey would have been declining
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am declinedwe are declined
you are declinedyou are declined
he/she/it is declinedthey are declined
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being declinedwe are being declined
you are being declinedyou are being declined
he/she/it is being declinedthey are being declined
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been declinedwe have been declined
you have been declinedyou have been declined
he/she/it has been declinedthey have been declined
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was declinedwe were declined
you were declinedyou were declined
he/she/it was declinedthey were declined
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being declinedwe were being declined
you were being declinedyou were being declined
he/she/it was being declinedthey were being declined
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been declinedwe had been declined
you had been declinedyou had been declined
he/she/it had been declinedthey had been declined
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be declinedwe shall/will be declined
you will be declinedyou will be declined
he/she/it will be declinedthey will be declined
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been declinedwe shall/will have been declined
you will have been declinedyou will have been declined
he/she/it will have been declinedthey will have been declined

decline

noun
SingularPlural
Common casedeclinedeclines
Possessive casedecline'sdeclines'