cheapen
verb (used with object)
to make cheap or cheaper.
will cheapen
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future tenseof cheapen.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Unlike energy, agriculture and industrial metals, investors buy gold largely to hedge the possibility that central banks will cheapen their currencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2012
Some are worried that the link with Sears will cheapen Lands' End.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's probably not a good idea to try to duplicate the best moment of one's life 40 times, if only because it will cheapen the truly good times.
From Time Magazine Archive
They also say a lowered wage-scale will cheapen manufactured goods, unearth new markets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fast enough now comes Decree after Decree, in alternate brief strains, or strophe and antistrophe,—what will cheapen bread, what will awaken the dormant lion.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
