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depreciating   (TTS Sound)

The verb depreciate has 3 senses

• deprecate, depreciate, vilipend -- (belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts")


• depreciate -- (lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again")


• depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue -- (lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again")

The adj depreciating has 1 sense

• depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory -- (tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices")