devalue

[ dee-val-yoo ]

/ diˈvæl yu /

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verb (used with object), de·val·ued, de·val·u·ing.

to deprive of value; reduce the value of.

to fix a lower value on (a currency).

verb (used without object), de·val·ued, de·val·u·ing.

to undergo devaluation: The currency has devalued at a rapid rate.

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Also devaluate.

Origin of devalue

First recorded in1915–20; de- + value

Words nearby devalue

De Valera, de Valois, devaluate, devaluation, devaluationist, devalue, Devanagari, de Varona, devastate, devastated, devastating

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How to use devalue in a sentence

Instead of rebuilding a new economy after the Civil War, the South simply devalued the labor previously performed by enslaved people, whether in the fields or within the home.
Caring for the elderly has never been more expensive, exhausting, or invisible|Anne Helen Petersen|August 26, 2021|Vox
The flip side is that our regular season would have been devalued if our teams didn’t have to compete.
LeBron James wants the NBA’s play-in guy fired. The NBA’s play-in guy disagrees.|Ben Golliver|May 5, 2021|Washington Post
They’re also the back-of-house positions most likely to be held by women, whose work is often devalued by male chefs.
The Pastry Revolution Will Be Instagrammed|Meghan McCarron|April 12, 2021|Eater
Swift promised she would rerecord all of her older albums so she would fully own them, therefore devaluing Braun’s purchase.
Taylor Swift rattled country music when she went pop. But her ‘Fearless’ re-release pays homage to her Nashville roots.|Emily Yahr|April 9, 2021|Washington Post

To understand the way that we have devalued women’s work is really to understand that we’ve expected women to do so much for free over hundreds and hundreds of years.
Why You Don't Feel as Fulfilled From Your Job as You Think You Should|Eliana Dockterman|January 25, 2021|Time
Boys are taught early in life to devalue care, to be hyper-competitive, super-achieving men.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In its place came something which, striving to fuse Urdu and Telugu, seemed to devalue both.
India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux|Kranti Rai|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rosen undoubtedly did not intend to devalue women with her comments.
Hilary Rosen Feud: Give Ann Romney a Break!|Kirsten Powers|April 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We devalue the significance of memory in order to cope with the fact that our gadgets are now better at it than we are.
How We Lost Our Memory|Casey Schwartz|March 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They propose that we pressure China to improve its human-rights policy, or to get tougher on Iran, or to devalue its currency.
Finally Some Straight Talk on the Deficit|Peter Beinart|February 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
These people devalue the source of their frustration and envy.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
If they really decide to devalue, then Whitely and me, we go ahead and put every cent we got into Swiss gold.
The Common Man|Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

British Dictionary definitions for devalue

devalue

devaluate (diːˈvæljuːˌeɪt)

/ (diːˈvæljuː) /

verb -values, -valuing, -valued, -valuates, -valuating or -valuated

to reduce (a currency) or (of a currency) be reduced in exchange value

(tr) to reduce the value or worth of (something)

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devalue

Origin of devalue

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British Dictionary definitions for devalue

devaluate (diːˈvæljuːˌeɪt)