DEVALUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devalue mean? 

• DEVALUE (verb)
  The verb DEVALUE has 3 senses:

1. remove the value from; deprive of its value

2. lower the value or quality of

3. lose in value

  Familiarity information: DEVALUE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVALUE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they devalue    ... he / she / it devalues   
Past simple: devalued   
Past participle: devalued   
-ing form: devaluing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the value from; deprive of its value

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

devaluate; devalue

Hypernyms (to "devalue" is one way to...):

cheapen; degrade (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "devalue"):

demonetise; demonetize (deprive of value for payment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

devaluation (the reduction of something's value or worth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lower the value or quality of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The tear devalues the painting

Hypernyms (to "devalue" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "devalue"):

depreciate (lower the value of something)

alloy; debase (lower in value by increasing the base-metal content)

lour; lower (set lower)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

devaluation (the reduction of something's value or worth)

devaluation (an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lose in value

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

depreciate; devaluate; devalue; undervalue

Context example:

The dollar depreciated again

Hypernyms (to "devalue" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Verb group:

depreciate (lower the value of something)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

devaluation (an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries)