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Decrease (verb)
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
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Decrease (verb)
To make (a quantity) smaller.
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Decrease (noun)
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
“One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years. File:One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease.ogg”
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Decrease (noun)
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
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Reduce (verb)
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.
“to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”
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Reduce (verb)
To lose weight.
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Reduce (verb)
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
“to reduce a sergeant to the ranks”
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Reduce (verb)
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
“to reduce a province or a fort”
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Reduce (verb)
To bring to an inferior state or condition.
“to reduce a city to ashes”
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Reduce (verb)
To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
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Reduce (verb)
To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
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Reduce (verb)
To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
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Reduce (verb)
To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
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Reduce (verb)
To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
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Reduce (verb)
To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
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Reduce (verb)
To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase “to writing”).
“It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.”
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Reduce (verb)
To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
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Reduce (verb)
To reform a line or column from (a square).
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Reduce (verb)
To translate (a book, document, etc.).
“a book reduced into English”