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verb | adjective | noun degeneratedegenerate1 /dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEdegenerate |
Present | I, you, we, they | degenerate | | he, she, it | degenerates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | degenerated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have degenerated | | he, she, it | has degenerated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had degenerated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will degenerate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have degenerated |
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Present | I | am degenerating | | he, she, it | is degenerating | | you, we, they | are degenerating | Past | I, he, she, it | was degenerating | | you, we, they | were degenerating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been degenerating | | he, she, it | has been degenerating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been degenerating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be degenerating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been degenerating |
to become worse: degenerate into These historic buildings are degenerating into slums.—degeneration /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] verb | adjective | noun degeneratedegenerate2 /dɪˈdʒɛnərɪt/ adjective ETYMOLOGYdegenerate2Origin: 1400-1500 Latin degeneratus, from genus type, kind, race 1having very low standards or moral behavior: a morally degenerate society2formal worse than before in quality: a degenerate form of art—degeneracy noun [uncountable] verb | adjective | noun degeneratedegenerate3 noun [countable] someone whose behavior is considered to be morally unacceptable |