depreciation

Other forms of depreciation

plural

depreciations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about depreciation

What does depreciation mean?

depreciation means "a decrease in price or value". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in depreciation?

depreciation has 5 syllables: de-pre-ci-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /dɪˌpɹiʃiˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for depreciation?

Close synonyms include wear and tear, disparagement, derogation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of depreciation?

The recorded antonyms are appreciation.

Is depreciation a common word?

depreciation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with depreciation?

133 words rhyme with depreciation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.