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debasedebase /dɪˈbeɪs/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdebase |
Present | I, you, we, they | debase | | he, she, it | debases | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | debased | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have debased | | he, she, it | has debased | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had debased | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will debase | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have debased |
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Present | I | am debasing | | he, she, it | is debasing | | you, we, they | are debasing | Past | I, he, she, it | was debasing | | you, we, they | were debasing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been debasing | | he, she, it | has been debasing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been debasing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be debasing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been debasing |
1informal to reduce the quality or value of something: Our society has been debased by war and corruption. a debased currency2if something debases you or if you debase yourself, people have less respect for you: women who debase themselves by selling their bodies3to reduce the value of a particular country’s money—debasement noun [countable, uncountable]—debasing adjective |