Reduction synonyms

rĭ-dŭk'shən

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condensation
The act of condensing, as the reduction of a gas to a liquid or the abridgment of a piece of writing
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taper
A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
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lowering
The act of something being lowered.
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abatement
The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax. [Late 15th century.]
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concision
The state or quality of being concise:
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curtailment
The act of curtailing
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syncope
Loss of sounds or letters from the middle of a word, as in the pronunciation of Gloucester (glästər)
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ellipsis
(Typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.
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decrease
Amount of decreasing
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cut
A share or portion.
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deoxidation
(Mineralogy) The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved oxygen, with the aid of a reducing agent.
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refinement
Refinement is the process of making something better by making small changes, or good taste and cultural elegance.
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attenuation
A gradual diminishing in the strength of something.
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atrophy
(Pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
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loss
Loss is defined as having something or someone leave or be taken away from you, a feeling of grief when something is gone, or a decline in money.
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decline
The process or result of declining, especially:
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compression
The act or process of compressing.
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depression
Low spirits; gloominess; dejection; sadness
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subtraction
The removal of something.
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retrenchment
A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers.
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downsizing
Miniaturization
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cutback
A reduction in an existing program of some sort.
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shrinkage
The total loss in weight of livestock from the time of shipment to the final processing as meat
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miniaturization
Something that has been miniaturized or made smaller
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modification
Modification is a change that is made, or is the act of changing something.
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minimization
The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.
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abbreviation
The act or product of shortening.
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abridgment
The act of abridging or the state of being abridged.
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decrescence
The process of making smaller
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elision
Any act or instance of leaving out or omitting a part or parts
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assuagement
The action of assuaging; appeasement.
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modulation
A change in stress, pitch, loudness, or tone of the voice; an inflection of the voice.
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moderation
Avoidance of excesses or extremes
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remission
The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.
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rebate
A deduction from an amount to be paid; an abatement.
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increase (antonym)
An increasing or becoming increased
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increasing (antonym)
(Knitting) An increase.
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enlargement (antonym)
An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
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discount (related)
The amount by which the face value of a bond or other debt security exceeds its market price.
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attrition
Loss of personnel in an organization in the normal course of events, as by retirement
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conquest
The act or process of conquering:
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contraction
(Economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.
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debasement
The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
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decrement
(Mathematics) The amount by which a variable is decreased; a negative increment.
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degradation
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
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devaluation
A reduction in the amount or fineness of a metal, esp. gold, officially designated as the standard of value of a monetary unit
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diminution
A diminishing or being diminished; lessening; decrease
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downgrading
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
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markdown
A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales
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overthrow
Destruction; ruin; end
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subdual
An act of subduing; a successful defeat.
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subjection
The state of being subjected.
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subjugation
The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
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diminishment
The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.
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drain
A channel or pipe for carrying off water, sewage, etc.
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slowdown
The act or process of slowing down; a slackening of pace:
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demotion
An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status
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depreciation
A decline in the value of an asset over time, due to its increasing obsolescence or the wear and tear due to its use; a deduction on an income tax return of part of the asset’s cost, transforming its declining value into a benefit for the taxpayer.
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write-down
A depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something
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deduction
A sum or amount deducted or allowed to be deducted as, specif., from taxable income
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rise (related)
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
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money (related)
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
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oxidation (related)
(Chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.
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step down
A reduction in amount or size.
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reducing
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
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reduced (related)
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reduce (related)
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increased (related)
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improvement (related)
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doubling (related)
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growth (related)
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measure (related)
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deterioration (related)
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lessening
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
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shortening
A fat, such as butter or lard, used to make cake or pastry light or flaky.
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conversion
(Marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
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slash
A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.
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Reduction Sentence Examples

  • As prepared by the reduction of the oxide it is a grey powder.

  • The result is, on the one hand, a clearing away of much fantastic phylogeny, on the other, an enormous reduction of the supposed gaps between groups.

  • There would be no selective reduction.

  • Metallic cobalt may be obtained by reduction of the oxide or chloride in a current of hydrogen at a red heat, or by heating the oxalate, under a layer of powdered glass.

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