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to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.: Do nuclear weapons really reduce the risk of war? The plane reduced speed as it approached the airport. My weight reduces when I stop eating sugar. We bought a TV that was reduced from £500 to £350 in the sales. I reduced the problem to a few simple questions.
to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.: Do nuclear weapons really reduce the risk of war? The plane reduced speed as it approached the airport. My weight reduces when I stop eating sugar. We bought a TV that was reduced from £500 to £350 in the sales. I reduced the problem to a few simple questions.
decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, abate, dwindle mean to grow or make less. decrease suggests a progressive decline in size, amount, numbers, or intensity. lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number. diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total.
verb. also intr to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc. to bring into a certain state, condition, etc. to reduce someone to despair. to reduce a forest to ashes. also intr to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight.
to make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price: A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease. Grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number will be reduced by 500 workers. All electronic equipment in the store has been reduced (= lowered in price).
reduce. [transitive, intransitive] to make something less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.; to become less or smaller in size, quantity, etc. reduce something Reduce speed now (= on a sign). Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
3 days ago · noun. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. synonyms: reduction. see more. noun. loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer. “a doctor supervised her reducing ”. see more.
1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease. 2. To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially: a. To gain control of; subject or conquer: "a design to reduce them under absolute despotism" (Declaration of Independence). b.
REDUCE meaning: 1 : to make (something) smaller in size, amount, number, etc. decrease; 2 : to cause (someone) to be in a specified state or condition + to.
Synonyms for REDUCING: decreasing, diminishing, shortening, lessening, compression, abridgement, shrinking, curtailment; Antonyms of REDUCING: extending, stretching, extension, lengthiness, prolonging, extensiveness, prolongation, elongation.
