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Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.
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Meaning of "declivity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECLIVITY

From Latin dēclīvitās, from de- + clīvus a slope, hill.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECLIVITY

declivity  [dɪˈklɪvɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECLIVITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Declivity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECLIVITY


acclivity
əˈklɪvɪtɪ
activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
captivity
kæpˈtɪvɪtɪ
conductivity
ˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
connectivity
ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
creativity
ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
hyperactivity
ˌhaɪpərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
inactivity
ˌɪnækˈtɪvɪtɪ
interactivity
ˌɪntərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
nativity
nəˈtɪvɪtɪ
negativity
ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvɪtɪ
positivity
ˌpɒzɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
proclivity
prəˈklɪvɪtɪ
productivity
ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
radioactivity
ˌreɪdɪəʊækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reactivity
ˌriːækˈtɪvɪtɪ
relativity
ˌrɛləˈtɪvɪtɪ
resistivity
ˌriːzɪsˈtɪvɪtɪ
selectivity
sɪˌlɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
sensitivity
ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECLIVITY

declensionally
declinable
declinal
declinant
declinate
declination
declinational
declinator
declinatory
declinature
decline
decliner
declining
declinist
declinometer
declivities
declivitous
declivous
declutch
declutter

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECLIVITY

absorptivity
adaptivity
additivity
associativity
cooperativity
diffusivity
exclusivity
extravehicular activity
gravity
hypersensitivity
insensitivity
motivity
objectivity
physical activity
reflectivity
special theory of relativity
subjectivity
superconductivity
thermal conductivity
transitivity
transmissivity

Synonyms and antonyms of declivity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECLIVITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «declivity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of declivity

Translation of «declivity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECLIVITY

Find out the translation of declivity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of declivity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «declivity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下坡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

declive
570 millions of speakers

English

declivity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ढलान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انحدار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Упадок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

declividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déclivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemerosotan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abschüssigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下り傾斜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

받이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebarake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ்நோக்கிய சரிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उतरती कळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meyil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

declivio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

declivity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

занепад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

declivitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατωφέρεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glooiing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Svag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

declivity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of declivity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLIVITY»

The term «declivity» is regularly used and occupies the 89.209 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLIVITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «declivity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «declivity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about declivity

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QUOTES WITH «DECLIVITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word declivity.
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Jose Rizal
Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECLIVITY»

Discover the use of declivity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to declivity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through ...
Antennal funicle 5-segmented; club less strongly compressed, sutures rather broadly procurved; pronotum granulate to base; host Cucurbita Dendrocranulus 53(51). Frons convergently aciculate; elytral declivity evenly convex, extending over ...
Ross H. Arnett, JR, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, 2002
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Revision of the bark beetles belonging to the genus ...
Declivity with first and third interspaces distinctly more convex, with asperities and setae as on disk ; second interspace flattened, slightly narrower than on disk, devoid of asperities and setae except near summit of declivity ; ninth interspace ...
Maulsby Willett Blackman, 1942
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A revision of the North American species of beetles ...
Sutural elevation on apical declivity of elvtra armed with distinct, erect teeth " . -• 2 Sutural elevation on apical declivitv of elytra unarmed, without erect teeth 7 2. Teeth on sutural margins of apical declivity of elytra at middle of declivity suturalis  ...
Warren Samuel Fisher, 1950
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Sixty years of discovering scolytine and platypodine ...
Frons weakly to prominently concave in central area between eyes; pronotal asperities larger; declivity with prominent ... 12 Horns reaching or exceeding upper level of frons, apical portions digitate, divaricate; interstria 1 on declivity not deeply ...
Anthony I. Cognato, Milosh Knizek, 2010
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Cone and Seed Insects of Western Forest Trees
Elytral declivity with striae 1, 2, and 3 punctured; interspace 3 smooth ; Head, prothorax, base of elytra, and ventral area dark ; remainder of elytra red. Length 1.25-2.75 mm. Cones of Pinus edulis C. edulis Hopk. Elytral declivity with stria 1 not ...
Frederick Paul Keen, 1958
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A system of universal geography: or A description of all the ...
I. North-west declivity of the Ural mountains. II. Northern declivity of the Russian plateau. Basin of the White Sea. III. North-east de- I clivity of Scandinavia. I. Eastern inclination of Scandinavia and western of Finland. Kasin of the Gulf of Bothnia ...
Conrad Malte-Brun, James Gates Percival, Jean-Jacques-Nicolas Huot, 1834
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Ancient Geography: As Connected with Chronology, and ...
77, IT 479 Western declivity 480 Northern declivity 481 Atlantic declivity 482 —its alluvion 483 — its shore and elevation484 —character N.&, S. of the R. Rappahannock 485 —in states S.of Maryland486 Primitive of the U 8., 487 — boundary ...
Emma Willard, 1835
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A System of Universal Geography on the Principles of ...
77, IT 479 Western declivity 480 Northern declivity 481 Atlantic declivity 462 — its alluvion 483 its shore and elevation484 —character N.& S. of the R. Rappahannock 485 — in states S. of Mary land 486 Primitive of the U S., 487 — boundary ...
William Channing Woodbridge, 1838
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Woodbridge and Willard's Universal Geography ...: ...
77, IT 479 Western declivity 480 Northern declivity 481 Atlantic declivity 482 — ita alluvion 483 — its shore and elevation484 — character N.& S. of the R. Rappahannock 485 — in states S.of Maryland486 Primitive of the U 8., 487 — boundary ...
William Channing Woodbridge, Emma Willard, 1836
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The Shipyard: Will It Float
For example, on a ship with three-eighths declivity, for every one foot of ship length the ship angled down, bow to stern, three eighths of an inch, two feet of the ship went downhill three quarters of an inch. Three foot of ship sloped down one  ...
Dave Drummond, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECLIVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term declivity is used in the context of the following news items.
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At Waterloo Rosemary Hill
Hougoumont 'stood on a declivity, composed of large buildings, a garden of some acres having a very thick wall above it, below it a small hop ... «London Review of Books, Jun 15»
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Rape? No; Infant Marriage? Yes
The National Assembly began its steep declivity to an indeterminate marriage age in 2013. After public protests against making the age of ... «Gbooza, Jun 15»
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Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby at the Battle of Waterloo
... of the left wing, and directed to act discretionally: each of the armies was drawn up on a gentle declivity, a small valley lying between them. «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
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In quest of the Unspeakable in New Salem
Leaving the road, I am immediately confronted by a steep declivity, treacherously coated in the sickly dead leavings of last year's no-doubt ... «The Recorder, May 15»
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Where the River Runs Dry
... right to give a better view of a stream at the bottom of a narrow valley, his wingtip appeared to pass just feet from the jagged declivity beneath. «The New Yorker, May 15»
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City of hills and dales
... the north, the east and the south and (overlooking the declivity towards the sea and its fringe of coconut trees) of the sea horizon to the west. «The Hindu, May 15»
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I MTL: the cross on Mount Royal reigns
declivity was done with. It wasn't all that dangerous really, but heavy with breath it was enough. to feel like something bigger. Its weird. That I'm ... «The Concordian, Apr 15»
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Our Avery County: A visit by US Army engineers in 1831
An inclination or declivity of four degrees, or 368 feet in a mile was deserted except in a few shorts section where five degrees was permitted. «Avery Journal Times, Mar 15»
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Bullitt Memories: Civil War at Mount Washington
The correspondent wrote, "We proceeded cautiously, but steadily, down the steep declivity into the bottoms of Floyd's Fork, preceded by Drury's ... «The Courier-Journal, Feb 15»
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In Goya's Adoration of the Magi, a Black King Plays an Exalted Role
Two rock walls form a declivity through which the camel train of the Magi climbs up to the holy site. In the center of this zone stands the second, ... «The Root, Dec 14»

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