Devaluate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈvæl.juː.eɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Devaluate is a verb meaning (transitive) To devalue, reduce in value.
Meaning
(transitive) To devalue, reduce in value.
Example Sentences
Discomfort was built into the evening, as central to it as the Pirandello script, written in 1917, and which, as one critic noted, toys with how the social role built up by one character for himself is continually destroyed by another, devaluated into a sick sham existence that outsiders accept as real only out of pity.
Word Forms
- devaluates
- devaluating
- devaluated
Synonyms for devaluate
Depending on context, synonyms include depreciate, undervalue, devalue.
Antonyms for devaluate
Common opposites include appreciate, revalue.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include devalue, depreciate, undervalue, downvalue, devalorise, disvalue.
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