Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - degenerate
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Degenerate
degenerate
~1 v to become worse + into (The debate soon degenerated into petty squabbling.) - degeneration n ~2 adj 1 formal having become worse in character or quality than before (the last degenerate member of a noble family) 2 having very low standards or moral behaviour (The Emperor was denounced as a degenerate debauchee.) ~3 n someone whose behaviour is considered to be morally unacceptable
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(degenerated) 1. If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate... ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe. = deteriorate VERB: V, V into n • degeneration ...various forms of physical and mental degeneration. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you describe a person or their behaviour as degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 3. If you refer to someone as a degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English degenerat, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare to ~, from de- + gener-, genus race, kind — more at kin Date: 15th century 1. a. having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b. having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c. degraded 2 2. being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case a ~ hyperbola 3. characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density ~ matter; also consisting of ~ matter a ~ star 4. having two or more states or subdivisions ~ energy level 5. having more than one codon representing an amino acid; also being such a codon Synonyms: see vicious • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. verb Date: 1545 intransitive verb 1. to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition ; deteriorate 2. to sink into a low intellectual or moral state 3. to decline in quality the poetry gradually ~s into jingles 4. to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed 5. to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form ~d into dependent parasites transitive verb to cause to ~ III. noun Date: 1555 one that is ~: as a. one degraded from the normal moral standard b. a sexual pervert c. one showing signs of reversion to an earlier culture stage ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 having lost the qualities that are normal and desirable or proper to its kind; fallen from former excellence. 2 Biol. having changed to a lower type. --n. a degenerate person or animal. --v.intr. become degenerate. Derivatives degeneracy n. degenerately adv. Etymology: L degeneratus past part. of degenerare (as DE-, genus -eris race) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) вырождаться вырождающийся 2) вырожденный - completely degenerate - doubly degenerate - multiply degenerate - n-fold degenerate - nowhere degenerate - parabolically degenerate - simply degenerate - totally degenerate - triply degenerate ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. дегенерат, выродок 2. дегенеративный, выродившийся 3. ухудшившийся 4. испорченный, развращенный degenerate age —- развращенный век, упадок нравов 5. мат. физ. вырожденный 6. вырождаться 7. ухудшаться, становиться хуже to degenerate into a story-teller —- превратиться в заурядного сочинителя liberty sometimes degenerates into lawlessness —- свобода иногда оборачивается беззаконием 8. уст. вызывать вырождение; обнаруживать признаки вырождения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun дегенерат, выродок 2. adj. вырождающийся Syn: see depraved 3. v. вырождаться; ухудшаться (into - во что-л.) The workers demands for their rights have degenerated into troublemaking. Everyone needs time to play, but some let it degenerate into laziness. The children in your class need gentle treatment, but dont let your kindness degenerate into weakness. ...Англо-русский словарь
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