verb [V]
1 to stop developing or making progress:
Profits have stagnated. * I feel I'm stagnating in this job. * Businesses must adapt to change or stagnate.
2 to be or become stagnant:
The water in the pond was stagnating.
stagnation noun [U]:
a period of economic stagnation
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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