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CHEAPEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cheapen ... he / she / it cheapens
Past simple: cheapened
Past participle: cheapened
-ing form: cheapening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Synonyms:
cheapen; degrade
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cheapen" is one way to...):
aggravate; exacerbate; exasperate; worsen (make worse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cheapen"):
devaluate; devalue (remove the value from; deprive of its value)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
