verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a situation worsens/deteriorates/gets worse
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Reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened.
sb's eyesight gets worse/deteriorates
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Your eyesight gradually deteriorates with age.
sb's health deteriorates (= gets worse )
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Her health deteriorated rapidly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
further
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It deteriorated further over the 1994-6 war in Chechnya.
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As frontal lobe function deteriorates further , the patient repeats actions over and over.
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It is also warning more cuts could come if the economy deteriorates further .
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Unless the government cuts spending, its finances will deteriorate further .
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Engineers have been forced to operate at a snail's pace to counter the danger of the bridge deteriorating further .
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Regionally yields deteriorate further north-down by 15 %.
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I guessed that he didn't intervene in my dispute with Shadwell because he wanted the situation to deteriorate further .
rapidly
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In the early nineteenth century the quality of working-class houses, as structures, deteriorated rapidly .
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Whipped butter is expensive and deteriorates rapidly .
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Weather conditions had deteriorated rapidly by the time the plane reached Prestwick and the pilot aborted his landing almost on touch-down.
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Credit quality has deteriorated rapidly in recent months, both for marketable debt and for bank loans.
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Without it the retinas of their eyes would rapidly deteriorate .
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Of the scandalous way in which the railway hotels were sold off and nine-tenths have deteriorated rapidly since.
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This provision is inserted in the Policy because these items are moving parts which deteriorate rapidly with use.
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Excision biopsy was carried out and before the result was available the patient deteriorated rapidly and died.
sharply
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Both their work and personal lives deteriorated sharply when that relationship was jeopardised.
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In mid-1991 labour relations deteriorated sharply with the sugarcane harvest once again delayed because of disputes over payments for the previous year's crop.
so
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His condition deteriorated so rapidly that Brian was unable to reach his father's bedside in New York before he died.
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That system has deteriorated so much that state health officials have stepped in to demand that the city act immediately.
■ NOUN
condition
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Meanwhile, prison conditions have deteriorated and the public has lost confidence in the criminal justice system.
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The students are under much more pressure and the working conditions have deteriorated .
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With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
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Weather conditions had deteriorated rapidly by the time the plane reached Prestwick and the pilot aborted his landing almost on touch-down.
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Others noted that his mental condition had deteriorated two years ago, when he was in a serious car accident.
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During the hearing the court received information that W.'s condition had deteriorated to a serious extent.
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But advocates and families say patients end up staying much longer than necessary and their conditions deteriorate .
health
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His health deteriorated after his wife Jessie died in 1997.
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Yet he still suffered dreadfully from stomach troubles; indeed, his health deteriorated in spite of the mountain atmosphere.
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Bramwell resisted any such idea, even though his health was deteriorating .
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She and her family also had a vacation home near Carmel, but visited less frequently as her health deteriorated .
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She was unusually alert, for her health had deteriorated in the brief time since the upset of Theda's near-dismissal.
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His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827.
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My mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that I had to be admitted to hospital and am currently on sedation.
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His legendary calm never failed, even when his health began to deteriorate .
point
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Patients deteriorating to the point when renal dialysis is considered should be withdrawn from the transplant list.
relationship
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Back home their relationship started to deteriorate .
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Has our relationship deteriorated to that extent?
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But when a gap becomes noticeably excessive, team relationships often deteriorate .
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His relationship with Congress has deteriorated .
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Most of us have allowed an important relationship to deteriorate over a minor matter that was never intended.
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But the relationship with Pataki deteriorated precipitously in recent days as McCaughey Ross openly defied him.
situation
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And with one of the country's top competition climbers banned by his own governing body, the situation could deteriorate .
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But as the security situation in Beirut deteriorated , Spiro felt it was time to get out.
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Since then, the situation has deteriorated .
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Although people are now free to express their opinions, their economic situation has deteriorated dramatically.
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In June 75 % of the population thought the country's general situation was deteriorating .
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I guessed that he didn't intervene in my dispute with Shadwell because he wanted the situation to deteriorate further.
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Sadly the situation did deteriorate during the seven-year war and lots of schools closed as the troubles increased.
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The Madurans launched revenge attacks and the situation deteriorated .
weather
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The weather continued to deteriorate with low-flying scud and rain squalls from the west.
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But, he cautioned, the seasonal weather was deteriorating .
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Perversely, with the weather deteriorating in recent weeks, numbers picked up.
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If the weather went on deteriorating at this rate there'd be plenty of the latter around Gullholm.
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As soon as he reached Hoogeveen the weather deteriorated , and so did his spirits.
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In spite of our hopes the weather appeared to be deteriorating with a freshening wind and rising sea.
year
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The quality of recruitment to the Dail is widely held to have deteriorated in recent years for the same reason.
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Strawberry plants deteriorate after three years of cropping and need re-siting.
years
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The quality of recruitment to the Dail is widely held to have deteriorated in recent years for the same reason.
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Strawberry plants deteriorate after three years of cropping and need re-siting.
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Others noted that his mental condition had deteriorated two years ago, when he was in a serious car accident.
■ VERB
allow
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Only about 350 ha have been improved since 1975, and much of the land improved earlier has been allowed to deteriorate .
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The same team that allowed blowouts to deteriorate into hard-fought victories.
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The alternative route down the locks became virtually impassable as the locks were allowed to deteriorate .
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With no incentive to maintain existing rental buildings, landlords have allowed them to deteriorate .
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Either the settlement was abandoned now, or the huts had been allowed to deteriorate during the winter.
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A bloody disgrace the way the whole area been allowed to deteriorate .
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Premises might be allowed to deteriorate by the proposed assignee. 3.
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Consequently, some patients allowed their conditions to deteriorate .
begin
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His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827.
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When Bimbo and Larry go into business together, their friendship begins to deteriorate -- no surprise there.
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For this, in turn, gnawed away at her mind, then she began to deteriorate in body too.
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After that night, the family began to deteriorate .
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Relations between the Catholic Church and the new regime had begun to deteriorate even before the constitutional debate opened.
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His legendary calm never failed, even when his health began to deteriorate .
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This had followed reports that Parkside Mine on Merseyside had already begun to deteriorate just days after mining was halted.
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This old hunting lodge began to deteriorate and when I was last there only one room was habitable.
continue
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January, when most results are announced, will be more miserable than ever-particularly if consumer sentiment continues to deteriorate .
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But there is still controversy over whether this is too much of a compromise, and the church continues to deteriorate .
start
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Manuel's voice had started to deteriorate , but the cracking horns cover any gaps and reinvigorate the songs.
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Back home their relationship started to deteriorate .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Air quality is rapidly deteriorating in our cities.
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Ethel's health deteriorated to the point that she could no longer walk.
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His condition deteriorated rapidly during the night.
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If the dispute drags on, conditions in the city could deteriorate .
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Nina's hearing had deteriorated considerably since I last saw her.
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Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the agreement was signed.
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School buildings have deteriorated to the point where they pose a health threat to both students and teachers.
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The US trade position has deteriorated over the past few years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But jitters about the deteriorating budget talks have driven yields steadily higher.
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It was a marriage made in heaven that seemed to deteriorate to hell in a hurry.
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Meanwhile, prison conditions have deteriorated and the public has lost confidence in the criminal justice system.
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My, how things have deteriorated.
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Some 114 sites surveyed had improved their environmental performance while that of 30 had deteriorated.
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Strategic planning systems can of course deteriorate into meaningless exercises.
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Was this not deft proof of how the human gene-pool was constantly deteriorating, how bad blood drove out good?