- Degenerate Definition Dna
- The Definition Of The Word Degenerate
- Etymology Of Degenerate
- Degenerate Urban
To get worse and enter an unpleasant state. Concerts always seem to degenerate into chaos once it's time to leave the venue. If you don't exercise regularly, your muscles will degenerate into mush. Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state: a degenerate form of an ancient folk art. Morally corrupt or given to vice.
- The definition of degenerate is someone or something that has lost their former good character or morality. An example of something that would be described as degenerate is an immoral society.
- Definition of degenerate (Entry 1 of 3) 1 a: having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state the last degenerate member of a noble family — W.
Related to degenerate: Degenerate matter
de·gen·er·ate
(dĭ-jĕn′ər-ĭt)adj.1. Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state: a degenerate form of an ancient folk art.
3. Physics Relating to two or more quantum states that share the same quantum numbers: degenerate energy levels.
4. Physics Characterized by great density and consisting of atoms stripped of electrons: degenerate matter.
5. Medicine Characterized by degeneration, as of tissue, a cell, or an organ.
6. Biology Having lost one or more highly developed functions, characteristics, or structures through evolution: a degenerate life form.
7. Genetics Relating to or being a gene that has multiple codons for the same amino acid.
Degenerate Definition Dna
n.
intr.v.(-ə-rāt′)de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing, de·gen·er·ates1. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate: old water pipes that are degenerating with age; a dispute that degenerated into a brawl.
2. To decline in quality: The quality of his writing degenerated as he continued to drink.
[Latin dēgenerātus, past participle of dēgenerāre, to depart from one's own kind, deteriorate : dē-, de- + genus, gener-, race; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
de·gen′er·ate·ness n.
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degenerate
vb (intr)2. (Biology) biology (of organisms or their parts) to become less specialized or functionally useless
adj3. having declined or deteriorated to a lower mental, moral, or physical level; debased; degraded; corrupt
4. (General Physics) physicsa. (of the constituents of a system) having the same energy but different wave functions
b. (of a semiconductor) containing a similar number of electrons in the conduction band to the number of electrons in the conduction band of metals
c. (of a resonant device) having two or more modes of equal frequency
5. (Communications & Information) (of a code) containing symbols that represent more than one letter, figure, etc
6. (Botany) (of a plant or animal) having undergone degeneration
n
[C15: from Latin dēgenerāre, from dēgener departing from its kind, ignoble, from de- + genus origin, race]
deˈgeneratenessn
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de•gen•er•ate
(v. dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; adj., n. -ər ɪt)v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
The Definition Of The Word Degenerate
adj., n. v.i.
1. to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate.
2. to diminish in quality; fall from a high or normal standard: The debate degenerated into a brawl.
3. (of an organ or tissue) to lose structure or function.
4. (of a species or any of its traits or structures) to lose function or structural organization in the course of evolution, as the vestigial wings of a flightless bird.
adj. 5. having declined in physical or moral qualities; deteriorated; degraded.
6. having lost the qualities proper to the race or kind: a degenerate vine.
7. characterized by or associated with degeneracy.
8. Physics. a. (of modes of vibration of a system) having the same frequency.
b. (of quantum states of a system) having equal energy.
n. 9. a person who has declined, esp. in morals, from a type considered standard.
10. a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.
[1485–95; < Latin dēgenerātus, past participle of dēgenerāre to decline from an ancestral standard; see generate]
de•gen′er•ate•ness,n.
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degenerate
Past participle: degenerated
Gerund: degenerating
| Imperative |
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| degenerate |
| degenerate |
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| I degenerate |
| you degenerate |
| he/she/it degenerates |
| we degenerate |
| you degenerate |
| they degenerate |
| Preterite |
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| I degenerated |
| you degenerated |
| he/she/it degenerated |
| we degenerated |
| you degenerated |
| they degenerated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am degenerating |
| you are degenerating |
| he/she/it is degenerating |
| we are degenerating |
| you are degenerating |
| they are degenerating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have degenerated |
| you have degenerated |
| he/she/it has degenerated |
| we have degenerated |
| you have degenerated |
| they have degenerated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was degenerating |
| you were degenerating |
| he/she/it was degenerating |
| we were degenerating |
| you were degenerating |
| they were degenerating |
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| I had degenerated |
| you had degenerated |
| he/she/it had degenerated |
| we had degenerated |
| you had degenerated |
| they had degenerated |
| Future |
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| I will degenerate |
| you will degenerate |
| he/she/it will degenerate |
| we will degenerate |
| you will degenerate |
| they will degenerate |
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| I will have degenerated |
| you will have degenerated |
| he/she/it will have degenerated |
| we will have degenerated |
| you will have degenerated |
| they will have degenerated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be degenerating |
| you will be degenerating |
| he/she/it will be degenerating |
| we will be degenerating |
| you will be degenerating |
| they will be degenerating |
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| I have been degenerating |
| you have been degenerating |
| he/she/it has been degenerating |
| we have been degenerating |
| you have been degenerating |
| they have been degenerating |
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| I will have been degenerating |
| you will have been degenerating |
| he/she/it will have been degenerating |
| we will have been degenerating |
| you will have been degenerating |
| they will have been degenerating |
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| I had been degenerating |
| you had been degenerating |
| he/she/it had been degenerating |
| we had been degenerating |
| you had been degenerating |
| they had been degenerating |
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| I would degenerate |
| you would degenerate |
| he/she/it would degenerate |
| we would degenerate |
| you would degenerate |
| they would degenerate |
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| I would have degenerated |
| you would have degenerated |
| he/she/it would have degenerated |
| we would have degenerated |
| you would have degenerated |
| they would have degenerated |
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| Noun | 1. | degenerate - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior deviant, deviate, pervert fetishist - one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires sodomist - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) |
| Verb | 1. | degenerate - grow worse; 'Her condition deteriorated'; 'Conditions in the slums degenerated'; 'The discussion devolved into a shouting match' fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; 'I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food' languish, fade - become feeble; 'The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon' rot, waste - become physically weaker; 'Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world' decline, worsen - grow worse; 'Conditions in the slum worsened' |
| Adj. | 1. | degenerate - unrestrained by convention or morality; 'Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society'; 'deplorably dissipated and degraded'; 'riotous living'; 'fast women' debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong |
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degenerate
verb1.decline, slip, sink, decrease, deteriorate, worsen, rot, decay, lapse, fall off, regress, go to pot, retrogressHe degenerated into drug and alcohol abuse.
adjective1.depraved, base, corrupt, fallen, low, perverted, degraded, degenerated, immoral, decadent, debased, debauched, dissolute, pervy(slang)the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers
noun1.pervert, deviant, profligate, libertine, reprobate, debaucheea degenerate who died from his perverted excesses
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degenerate
adjectiveUtterly reprehensible in nature or behavior:corrupt, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous.
verb1. To become lower in quality, character, or condition:atrophy, decline, descend, deteriorate, retrograde, sink, worsen.
Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs.
2. To lose strength or power:decline, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken.
Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids.
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degenerovanýdegenerovaný člověkrostlinazkaženýzvrhnout se
degenereredegenereretdegenereret personforfalden fabrik
òróast út í, enda íúrkynjaîur, spilltur
degeneruotiišsigimėlisišsigimęsišsigimtipasileidėlis
deģenerātsdeģenerējiesdeģenerētiesizdzimtenisizvirtis
izpriditi seizprijenec
bozulmakdejenere olmuşyozlaşmakyozlaşmışyozlaşmış/dejenere olmuş kimse/şey
degenerate
B.[dɪˈdʒenərɪt]N → degenerado/a m/f
C.[dɪˈdʒenəreɪt]VI → degenerar (into en) the debate degenerated into a shouting match → el debatedegeneró en una discusióna voz en grito
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degenerate
[dɪˈdʒɛnəreɪt]vi (= get worse) [situation, health] → dégénérer
to degenerate into sth → dégénérer en qch
to degenerate into sth → dégénérer en qch
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degenerate
n →
vi → degenerieren; (people, morals also) → entarten; the demonstration degenerated into violence → die Demonstrationartete in Gewalttätigkeiten aus
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degenerate
[vb dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt; adj, n dɪˈdʒɛn/ərɪt]2.adj (person) → degenere; (morals, art) → degenerato/a
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degenerate
(diˈdʒenərət) adjective having become immoral or inferior. the degenerate son of well-respected parents. ontaard, versleg مُنْحَل، مُنْحَط изроден degenerado zkažený, degenerovaný verkommen degenereret εκφυλισμένος, έκφυλοςdegenerado allakäinud گمراه؛ ناباب paheellinen dégénéré לְהִתנָוֵון भ्रष्ट, विकृत, अपभ्रष्ट izopačen, izrođen degenerált bejat úrkynjaður, spilltur degenere 堕落した 타락하다 pasileidęs, išsigimęs deģenerējies; izvirtis merosot ontaarddegenerert, fallen wyrodny كم اصل، منحط، فاسد degenerado a degenera дегенеративный degenerovaný izprijen izopačen degenererad, vansläktad ที่เสื่อมลง yozlaşmış, dejenere olmuş 墮落的，退化的 такий, що вироджується اخلاقی طور پر زوال پزیر ہونا thoái hóa 堕落的，腐化的
noun a person, plant etc that is degenerate. ontaarde, gedegenereerde مُنْحَط، فاسِد дегенерат degenerado degenerovaný člověk, rostlina die Entartung degenereret person; forfalden fabrik έκφυλοςdegenerado degenerant تباه؛ فاسد شده turmeltunut dégénéré/-ée מְנוּוָן भ्रष्ट degenerirati, izobličiti se korcs rusak úrkynjaður, spilltur degenerato 堕落したもの 타락자 išsigimėlis, pasileidėlis deģenerāts; izdzimtenis kemerosotan ontaarde degenerert zwyrodnialec, osobnik zwyrodniały كمسل كېدل، ټيټېدل، فاسدېدل degenerado degenerat дегенерат degenerovaný človek (rastlina ap.) izprijenec degenerik degenererad individ คนทราม; พืชที่เสื่อมลง yozlaşmış/dejenere olmuş kimse/şey 墮落的人，腐化分子，退化的植物 виродок, дегенерат نسلی تنزّل کا شکار ، زوال پزیر người hoặc vật thoái hóa 堕落者，腐化分子
(-reit) verb to become much less good or admirable. The discussion degenerated into insults. ontaard, versleg يَنْحَطُّ израждам се degenerar zvrhnout se herabsinken degenerere εκφυλίζομαι, ξεπέφτωdegenerar manduma تنزل کردن taantua dégénérer לְהִידַרדֵר बिगड़ जाना izroditi se elfajul merosot þróast út í, enda í degenerare 堕落する 저하되다 išsigimti, degeneruoti deģenerēties mundur ontaardenutarte, degenerere zwyrodnieć, przerodzić się كښته راتلل degenerar a degenera ухудшаться zvrhnúť sa izpriditi se izroditi se degenerera, urarta ทำให้แย่ลง bozulmak, yozlaşmak 墮落，變質 вироджуватися کسی کمتر نوع یا قسم میں بدلا ہوا thoái hóa 堕落，变质
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Definition of Degenerate
to fall below a certain level of quality
Examples of Degenerate in a sentence
Without any maintenance, the once grand house began to degenerate into a rundown mansion. 🔊
Everyone expects the divorce negotiations to degenerate into a screaming match between the couple. 🔊
Unfortunately, the relationship my best friend and I used to have has started to degenerate. 🔊
The longer the police officers remain on strike the more likely it is that order in our small town will degenerate into chaos. 🔊
After a while, the politician’s speech on education began to degenerate into a harsh criticism of his rival. 🔊
Etymology Of Degenerate
The toxins will cause the white blood cells to degenerate to the point they are no longer able to fight germs. 🔊
Since Jeremy has been bedridden for six months, his leg muscles have started to degenerate from a lack of activity. 🔊
Now that my grandmother has reached her nineties her eyesight has started to degenerate. 🔊
Over time, the medicine will degenerate to a state where it has no potency. 🔊
When my mother became terminally ill, it was painful for me to watch her degenerate. 🔊
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