DILAPIDATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dilapidation mean? 

• DILAPIDATION (noun)
  The noun DILAPIDATION has 2 senses:

1. a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

2. the process of becoming dilapidated

  Familiarity information: DILAPIDATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DILAPIDATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of deterioration due to old age or long use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

decrepitude; dilapidation

Hypernyms ("dilapidation" is a kind of...):

deterioration; impairment (a symptom of reduced quality or strength)

Derivation:

dilapidate (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of becoming dilapidated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

dilapidation; ruin

Hypernyms ("dilapidation" is a kind of...):

decay (the process of gradually becoming inferior)

Derivation:

dilapidate (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse)

 Context examples 

Right before us, at the southern end, we saw the wreck of a ship in the last stages of dilapidation.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)