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cheapen

[ chee-puhn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make cheap or cheaper.
  2. to lower in esteem; bring into contempt:

    Constant swearing cheapened him.

  3. to decrease the quality or beauty of; make inferior or vulgar:

    She cheapened the dress by adding a fringe to it.

  4. Archaic. to bargain for.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become cheap or cheaper.

cheapen

/ ˈ³Ùʃ¾±Ë±èÉ™²Ô /

verb

  1. to make or become lower in reputation, quality, etc; degrade or be degraded
  2. to make or become cheap or cheaper
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦³ó±ð²¹±è±ð²Ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦³ó±ð²¹±èIJÔ·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦³ó±ð²¹±èIJԱð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cheapen1

1555–65; cheap + -en 1; replacing Middle English chepen (> obsolete English cheap (v.)) to price, bargain, Old English ³¦Å§²¹±è¾±²¹²Ô to bargain, trade, buy; cognate with Old Norse kaupa, Gothic °ì²¹³Ü±èŲÔ, German kaufen
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“So why — when you have this amazing megaphone and this amazing ability to communicate — why would you cheapen your show by saying things like that?â€

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Lithium batteries have cheapened at a comparable pace, and the cost of wind turbines has dropped steadily too, albeit at a slower rate.

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It “demeans and cheapens our politics. It only serves to further discourage good, big-hearted people from wanting to get involved at all. America, our parents taught us better than that.â€

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Others argued that its inclusion would cheapen the connection to its roots Black and Latino communities in New York.

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But he said using the antisemitic label to achieve political ends could cheapen it.

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