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cheap·en
(chē′pən)v. cheap·ened, cheap·en·ing, cheap·ens
v.tr.
1. To make cheap or cheaper.
2. To lower in public estimation; debase or degrade: misconduct that cheapened a high office.
v.intr.
To become cheap or cheaper.
cheap′en·er n.
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cheapen
(ˈtʃiːpən)vb
1. to make or become lower in reputation, quality, etc; degrade or be degraded
2. to make or become cheap or cheaper
ˈcheapener n
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cheap•en
(ˈtʃi pən)v.t.
1. to make cheap or cheaper.
2. to lower in esteem.
3. to decrease the quality of; make inferior or vulgar.
4. Archaic. to bargain for.
v.i. 5. to become cheap.
[1555–65; cheap + -en1; in part continuing Middle English chepen to bargain, Old English cēapian, derivative of cēap]
cheap′en•er, n.
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cheapen
Past participle: cheapened
Gerund: cheapening
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cheapen
verb degrade, lower, discredit, devalue, demean, belittle, depreciate, debase, derogate Love is a word cheapened by overuse.
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cheapen
verb1. To become or make less in price or value:
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Translations
cheapen
[ˈtʃiːpən]A. VT (= make cheaper) [+ cost] → abaratar (fig) (= debase) [+ sb's name, work] → degradar
to cheapen o.s → hacer cosas indignas, rebajarse
to cheapen o.s → hacer cosas indignas, rebajarse
B. VI → abaratarse
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cheapen
[ˈtʃiːpən] vt (= devalue) [+ word, concept, image] → rabaisser, déprécierto cheapen o.s. → se rabaisser
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cheapen
vt (lit) → verbilligen, herabsetzen; (fig) → herabsetzen, schlechtmachen; to cheapen oneself → sich entwürdigen
vi → billiger werden, sich verbilligen
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