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declutter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈklʌtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English clutter English declutter From de- + clutter.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of removing clutter; a decluttering.

Forms

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declutters Number=Plur lexicographic

declutter en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈklʌtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English clutter English declutter From de- + clutter.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To remove clutter from, to tidy.
    • The first phase of the station facelift includes decluttering the ticket office, a brighter concourse, and a longer London-bound platform canopy. 2022 January 26, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 949, page 28:
    • I decluttered my living room.

Forms

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declutters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decluttered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decluttered Tense=Past lexicographic
decluttering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

declutterer

Synonyms

tidy · dejunk

Translations (10)

fi siivota (Translations) · hu lomtalanít (Translations) · es desbrozar (Translations) · ru наводить порядок (Translations) · es desembrozar (Translations) · de entrümpeln (Translations) · de aufräumen (Translations) · hu selejtez (Translations) · fi siistiä (Translations) · fr désencombrer (Translations)