decrease
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
decrease (decreases, present participle decreasing; past and past participle decreased)
- (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
- (become smaller) drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
- (make smaller) abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish
- (become larger) go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly); See also Thesaurus:increase
- (make larger) increase, increment, raise, up (informal); See also Thesaurus:augment
- French: diminuer
- German: abnehmen
- Italian: diminuire, calare
- Portuguese: diminuir, reduzir
- Russian: уменьша́ться
- Spanish: disminuir, mermar
- French: diminuer, réduire
- German: verringern
- Italian: diminuire, far calare, ribassare, ridurre, decrementare
- Portuguese: diminuir, reduzir
- Russian: уменьша́ть
- Spanish: disminuir, mermar
decrease
- 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.
- (knitting) 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).
- (amount by which a quantity is decreased) cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage
- German: Verringerung
- Italian: diminuzione, calo, ribasso, riduzione
- Portuguese: redução, diminuição
- Russian: уменьше́ние
- Spanish: disminución, merma
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