devalue[verb]Synonyms: depreciate, decry, devalorize, devaluate, lower, mark down, underrate, undervalue, write down, write off
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧val‧ue /diːˈvæljuː/
verb [
Word Family: noun:
valuables,
value, values,
valuation,
valuer,
overvaluation ≠
UNDERVALUATION,
devaluation;
adjective:
valuable,
invaluable, overvalued ≠
UNDERVALUED,
valueless,
valued;
verb:
value,
devalue,
overvalue ≠
undervalue]
1. [intransitive and transitive] technical to reduce the value of one country’s money when it is exchanged for another country’s money:
Nigeria has just devalued its currency.2. [transitive] to make someone or something seem less important or valuable:
History has tended to devalue the contributions of women.—devaluation /diːˌvæljuˈeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable]:
the devaluation of the pound [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲