devaluede‧val‧ue /diːˈvæljuː/ verb 
Nigeria has just devalued its currency.2[transitive] to make someone or something seem less important or valuable: History has tended to devalue the contributions of women.—devaluation /diːˌvæljuˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the devaluation of the pound
VERB TABLE
devalue
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | devalue |
| he, she, it | devalues | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | devalued |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have devalued |
| he, she, it | has devalued | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had devalued |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will devalue |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have devalued |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am devaluing |
| he, she, it | is devaluing | |
| you, we, they | are devaluing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was devaluing |
| you, we, they | were devaluing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been devaluing |
| he, she, it | has been devaluing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been devaluing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be devaluing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been devaluing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The ruble has been devalued.
- They're always trying to devalue my contribution to the department.
- A real injury crisis like this can devalue the game.
- Because our culture devalues the reasons for getting married, it also has a limited view of the permanence of marriage.
- Britain's pound was effectively devalued by ten percent yesterday.
- I think the use of words such as courage and bravery are over used and they have become devalued as a result.
- Indiscriminate use of praise devalues its power as a motivator and reward.
- It is up to politicians in a democracy to nurture faith in it, not devalue that faith.
- This led to a surplus of qualified workers and made it possible for their work and pay to be devalued.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone or something less important
to make something less important, valuable, or powerful, especially by giving it less money or support: · The professor claims that the government is deliberately downgrading scientific research.· Economic advisers in Washington have been discussing whether to downgrade foreign loans.
to make someone or something seem less important or valuable: · They're always trying to devalue my contribution to the department.
to give someone or something a less important position than before: relegate to: · Carlo has been relegated to a more junior position in the company.· Our team were relegated to a minor league.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Nigeria has just devalued its currency.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Nigeria has just devalued its currency. (=reduce the value of a country’s money in relation to other currencies)· The Finance Minister was forced to devalue the currency.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The dramatic move - effectively devaluing our currency - exposed the Prime Minister's general election pledges of economic recovery as worthless.· To lower admission standards would be, in effect, to devalue the currency in which their diploma had been issued.· Because cheats devalue the currency, business goes a long way to protect its brands.· To reach an accord, the government will likely have to devalue its currency, which would help boost exports.· For a high inflation country, the ability occasionally to devalue its currency is important and its exercise can yield benefits.· Governments sometimes responded by promptly devaluing the currency to offset the cost disadvantage of the wage increases.
· He urged that they be devalued against the dollar.
· The government devalued last year but has remained under pressure for its failure to cut the budget deficit.
· Last night it was effectively devalued by eight percent.· Britain's pound was effectively devalued by ten percent yesterday.· As from Feb. 26 the zloty was devalued by 12 percent against a basket of five Western currencies.· The peseta is devalued by 5 percent.
· But it was bigoted political obstinacy, not courage, which induced him to refuse to devalue the pound.
WORD FAMILYnounvaluablesvaluevaluesvaluationvaluerovervaluation ≠ undervaluationdevaluationadjectivevaluableinvaluableovervalued ≠ undervaluedvaluelessvaluedverbvaluedevalueovervalue ≠ undervalue
1[intransitive, transitive] technical to reduce the value of one country’s money when it is exchanged for another country’s money: Nigeria has just devalued its currency.2[transitive] to make someone or something seem less important or valuable: History has tended to devalue the contributions of women.—devaluation /diːˌvæljuˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the devaluation of the pound