Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devaluate

/dɪˈvæl.ju.eɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-val-u-ate
IPA: /dɪˈvæl.ju.eɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To devalue, reduce in value.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Discomfort was built into the evening, as central to it as the Pirandello script, written in 1917, and which, as one critic noted, toys with how the social role built up by one character for himself is continually destroyed by another, devaluated into a sick sham existence that outsiders accept as real only out of pity."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪˈvæl.ju.eɪt/
British English: /dɪˈvæl.juː.eɪt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

devaluates (present, singular) devaluating (participle, present) devaluated (participle, past) devaluated (past)

Derived Forms

devaluator

Synonyms

depress depreciate undervalue devalue

Rhymes With

evaluate

Questions

How do you pronounce devaluate?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈvæl.ju.eɪt/.
What does devaluate mean?: To devalue, reduce in value.

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