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depreciatedepreciate /dɪˈpriʃiˌeɪt/ verb ETYMOLOGYdepreciateOrigin: 1400-1500 Late Latin depretiare, from Latin pretium price VERB TABLEdepreciate |
Present | I, you, we, they | depreciate | | he, she, it | depreciates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | depreciated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have depreciated | | he, she, it | has depreciated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had depreciated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will depreciate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have depreciated |
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Present | I | am depreciating | | he, she, it | is depreciating | | you, we, they | are depreciating | Past | I, he, she, it | was depreciating | | you, we, they | were depreciating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been depreciating | | he, she, it | has been depreciating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been depreciating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be depreciating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been depreciating |
1[intransitive] to decrease in value or price OPP appreciate: New cars depreciate quickly in the first two years.2[transitive] social studies, economics to reduce the value of something over time, especially for tax purposes: The bank depreciates its PCs over five years.3[transitive] literary to make someone or something seem unimportant |