Decrease (verb)
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
Decrease (verb)
To make (a quantity) smaller.
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”
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).
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.”
Reduce (verb)
To lose weight.
Reduce (verb)
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
“to reduce a sergeant to the ranks”
Reduce (verb)
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
“to reduce a province or a fort”
Reduce (verb)
To bring to an inferior state or condition.
“to reduce a city to ashes”
Reduce (verb)
To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
Reduce (verb)
To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
Reduce (verb)
To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
Reduce (verb)
To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
Reduce (verb)
To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
Reduce (verb)
To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
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.”
Reduce (verb)
To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
Reduce (verb)
To reform a line or column from (a square).
Reduce (verb)
To translate (a book, document, etc.).
“a book reduced into English”