depreciate
🇺🇸
/dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/
verb
R
to lose value over time
Cars depreciate quickly after you buy them.
R
to reduce the recorded value of something over time
Companies depreciate equipment over several years.
R
to make something seem less important
Don't depreciate the hard work others have done.
translation
to lose value over time; to reduce the recorded value of something over time; to make something seem less important
Word Forms
3rd Present
depreciates
Past
depreciated
Perfect
depreciated
Progressive
depreciating