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devaluedevalue /diˈvælyu/ verb VERB TABLEdevalue |
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 |
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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 |
1[intransitive, transitive] social studies, economics to reduce the value of a country’s money, especially in relation to the value of another country’s money: The ruble has been devalued.2[transitive] to make someone or something seem less important or valuable: History has tended to devalue the contributions of women.—devaluation /diˌvælyuˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |