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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dih
kris
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| inflections: |
decreases, decreasing, decreased |
| definition: |
to become less in number, amount, size, strength, or the like; diminish.
Student enrollment in science classes decreased last year.The price of gas temporarily decreased in January.Demand for these products seems to have decreased.
- synonyms:
- abate, diminish, fall, lessen
- antonyms:
- accumulate, amplify, augment, build, expand, grow, increase, mount, proliferate, rise, strengthen, swell
- similar words:
- contract, decline, die away, die down, dip, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease off, ease up, ebb, fade, fall off, flag, let up, lower, ooze, peter out, remit, shrink, sink, slack, slacken, subside, taper, wane, weaken, wind down
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| related words: |
condense, cool, dwarf, let down, mitigate, sag, shrivel, slide, slip, slump, thin |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dih
kris
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| definition: |
to cause to become less; cause to diminish.
We've been forced to decrease our spending this year.Taking this medication along with food decreases its effect.- synonyms:
- attenuate, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce
- antonyms:
- amplify, augment, increase, swell
- similar words:
- abate, abridge, contract, cut, cut down on, de-escalate, deduct, mitigate, pare, retrench, scant, shorten, shrink, slacken, taper off
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| related words: |
condense, cool, curtail, deplete, depress, devalue, dock, relax, slash |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
di
kris
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| definition 1: |
the act of decreasing or condition of being decreased; diminishment; reduction.
The doctor is worried about the decrease in my appetite.- synonyms:
- abatement, diminishment, diminution, lessening, reduction
- antonyms:
- growth, increase, swell
- similar words:
- abridgment, attrition, cut, cutback, decrement, dip, loss, lowering, mitigation, retrenchment, shrink, wane
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| definition 2: |
the amount or extent by which something decreases.
Last year saw a ten percent decrease in property values.- synonyms:
- decline, drop, reduction
- antonyms:
- increase, rise
- similar words:
- cut, decrement, downturn, ebb, fall, fall-off, loss, sag, shrink, shrinkage, wane
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| related words: |
contraction, drop, letup |
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| derivation: |
decreasingly (adv.) |
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