Another word for decrease
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Verb
To grow or cause to grow gradually less
- A small or very slender candle.
- A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
- A source of feeble light.
- To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
- To gain control of; subject or conquer:
- To subject to destruction:
- A deduction from an amount to be paid or a return of part of an amount given in payment.
- To deduct or return (an amount) from a payment or bill.
- To lessen; diminish.
- To diminish slowly and come to an end. Often used with out :
- To make less; reduce.
- To make little of; belittle.
- To become less; decrease:
- The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.
- A period of decline or diminution:
- To fall back from the flood stage.
- To become gradually less until little remains.
- To cause to dwindle:
- To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
- To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
- To draw off the surface water of:
- To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen.
- To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of:
- To cause to taper.
- To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen:
- To put an end to:
- To make void:
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Noun
The act or process of decreasing
- A small or very slender candle.
- A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
- A source of feeble light.
- The act or process of slowing down; a slackening of pace:
- To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes:
- To make a gash or gashes in.
- To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
- The act or process of reducing.
- The result of reducing:
- The amount by which something is lessened or diminished:
- To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
- To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
- To draw off the surface water of:
- The act or process of diminishing; a lessening or reduction.
- The resulting reduction; decrease.
- Statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration, usually one-half, of the original.
- The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.
- The act or process of decreasing or becoming gradually less.
- The amount lost by gradual diminution or waste.
- The amount by which a variable is decreased; a negative increment.
- A decrease; a curtailment:
- A sharp reversal of direction, as of a ball carrier in football.
- To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
- To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
- To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:
- The act of curtailing
- Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
- The amount lowered; a reduction.
- The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
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Another word for decrease
Noun
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- Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
- The amount lowered; a reduction.
- The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
- The process of shrinking.
- The amount or proportion by which something shrinks.
- A reduction in value; depreciation.
Verb
To grow less
- To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
- To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch.
- To decline suddenly; fall off:
- To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.
- To exhaust; to cause or contribute to another's exhaustion, fatigue, or weariness, as by continued strain or exertion.
- To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
- To fall to the ground.
- To collapse.
- To convert or change into a vapor.
- To draw off in the form of vapor.
- To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
- To reduce in value.
- A steep or abrupt downward slope.
- A noticeable decrease:
- A designated place where people or things can be left:
- To break down into component parts; rot.
- To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
- To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.
- (idiomatic) To become less virulent.
- To make something smooth.
- (intransitive) To become smooth.
- To remove irregularities or imperfections.
- (idiomatic) Decelerate.
- To break into small fragments or pieces:
- To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate:
- To give way; collapse:
- To make or become weak or weaker.
- To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually:
- To lose freshness; wither:
- To lose strength or vitality; wane:
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
- To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
- To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
- To bend or hang downward:
- To bend or sag gradually:
- To sag in dejection or exhaustion:
- (idiomatic) Make more specific.
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
- To make soft or softer.
- To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
- To make less harsh, strident, or critical:
- To lessen the price or value of:
- To write off an expenditure for (a tangible asset) by prorating over a certain period, usually the estimated useful life of the asset.
- To think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle.
- To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
- To slope away from a point of reference:
- To become or seem to become more distant and fainter or less distinct:
- An agreement between two or more parties, especially one that is written and enforceable by law.
- The writing or document containing such an agreement.
- The branch of law dealing with formal agreements between parties.
- To become or appear to become smaller:
- To become smaller from exposure to heat, moisture, or cold:
- To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle:
- To become less intense, active, or severe; abate.
- To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling.
- To move or sink to a lower or normal level:
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
- To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
- A threatening, sullen, or angry look.
- The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.
- A period of decline or diminution:
- To fall back from the flood stage.
- To make or become slower; slow down:
- To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:
- To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease:
- To make light or lighter; illuminate or brighten.
- To make (a color) lighter.
- To enlighten.
- To end or resolve (a dispute, for example) by making a decision or coming to an agreement.
- To resolve (a lawsuit or dispute) by mutual agreement of the parties rather than by court decision.
- To make the determinations and distributions of (a trust).
- To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
- To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid:
- To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
- To become gradually less until little remains.
- To cause to dwindle:
- Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state:
- Morally corrupt or given to vice.
- Relating to two or more quantum states that share the same quantum numbers:
- To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value:
- To grow worse; degenerate:
- To weaken or disintegrate; decay:
- To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
- To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
- To approach an end:
- To change in form or character; alter.
- To make less extreme, severe, or strong:
- To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.
- To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen:
- To put an end to:
- To make void:
- To express polite refusal:
- To slope downward; descend:
- To bend downward; droop:
- To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen.
- To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of:
- To cause to taper.
- To make less; reduce.
- To make little of; belittle.
- To become less; decrease:
To make less
- To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract.
- To derive by deduction; deduce.
- To take away a desirable part:
- (intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
- (intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
- (intransitive with on) To reduce consumption.
- To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion
- To reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something
- To reduce the price of.
- To write a memorandum about.
- To subtract marks (points) for an error.
- The act of holding down.
- A limit or restraint:
- Something, such as a clamp, used to hold an object in place.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating
- A percentage or share of the profits of an enterprise, especially one given or accepted as a bribe.
- To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
- To remove the excess or unwanted parts from:
- To remove (excess or unwanted parts):
- To make light or lighter; illuminate or brighten.
- To make (a color) lighter.
- To enlighten.
- the act or result of summarizing
- To make an epitome of; sum up.
- To be a typical example of:
- To make a summary or make a summary of.
- Considered apart from concrete existence:
- Not applied or practical; theoretical.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse:
- To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
- To make shorter by cutting; trim:
- To cut off the edge of:
- To lessen or cancel the value of.
- To lower the exchange value of (a currency) by lowering its gold equivalency.
- To lower the exchange value of a currency by lowering its gold equivalency.
- To reduce in value.
- To emit or lose blood.
- To be wounded, especially in battle.
- To feel sympathetic grief or anguish:
- Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension:
- Not great in diameter or cross section; fine:
- Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.
- To remove clothing or covering from:
- To remove or take off (clothing or covering):
- To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from:
- An agreement between two or more parties, especially one that is written and enforceable by law.
- The writing or document containing such an agreement.
- The branch of law dealing with formal agreements between parties.
- To press together:
- To make more compact by or as if by pressing.
- To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal:
- To release contained air or gas from.
- To collapse by releasing contained air or gas.
- To reduce or lessen the size or importance of:
- Relative position or rank on a scale:
- A relative degree, as of achievement, intensity, or concentration:
- A natural or proper position, place, or stage:
- The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
- The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds:
- Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint:
- To convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract.
- To think over so as to understand; absorb or assimilate:
- To organize into a systematic arrangement, usually by summarizing or classifying.
- To change in form or character; alter.
- To make less extreme, severe, or strong:
- To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.
- To make less severe or intense; moderate or alleviate.
- To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.
- To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen:
- To put an end to:
- To make void:
- To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up:
- To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust:
- To shorten or reduce:
- To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
- To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.
- The partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of the common plum, Prunus domestica.
- Any kind of plum that can be dried without spoiling.
- An ill-tempered, stupid, or incompetent person.
- To remove the outer covering or skin of with a knife or similar instrument:
- To remove by or as if by cutting, clipping, or shaving:
- To reduce, as in quantity or size; trim:
- To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver:
- To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver.
- To crop, trim, or mow closely:
- To reduce (expenses, for example); cut down.
- To remove, delete, or omit.
- To curtail expenses; economize.
- To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.
- To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
- To decrease the value of (shares of stock) by increasing the total number of shares.
- To make slender, fine, or small:
- To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken:
- To lessen the density of; rarefy.
- To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes:
- To make a gash or gashes in.
- To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
- To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen.
- To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of:
- To cause to taper.
- To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.
- To represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size:
- To make short or shorter.
- To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity.
- To add shortening to (dough) so as to make flaky.
- To make more dense or compact:
- To concentrate (a substance), especially by removing water.
- To make more concise; abridge or shorten:
- To reduce in number or size:
- To dismiss or lay off from work:
- To make in a smaller size:
- To make shorter:
- To reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form.
- To reduce the length of (a written text); condense:
- To limit; curtail: