уменьшить, уменьшать, снижать, сокращать, сводить, понижать, редуцировать
глагол ↓
- снижать; сбавлять, уменьшать; сокращать
to reduce expenditure [production, staff] — сокращать расходы [производство, штат] 
to reduce taxes [prices, temperature] — снижать налоги [цены, температуру]
to reduce vitality [pressure] — понижать жизнеспособность [давление]
to reduce speed — уменьшать /сбавлять/ скорость
to reduce the likelihood of war — уменьшить опасность возникновения войны
to reduce the term of imprisonment — сократить срок тюремного заключения
reduce that passage to half the number of words — сократите это место (текста) наполовину
- ослаблять, уменьшать
to reduce pain — облегчать боль
to reduce one’s sight [one’s hearing, one’s taste, one’s sense of smell] — вызвать ослабление зрения [слуха, вкуса, обоняния]
old age reduces one’s power to remember names and figures — в старости память на имена и цифры слабеет
- худеть; соблюдать диету для похудения
to reduce in weight — терять в весе
to reduce by 10 pounds — похудеть на 10 фунтов, сбросить 10 фунтов
to reduce from 160 pounds to 120 pounds — весить 120 фунтов вместо прежних 160
she has been reducing for six weeks — она шесть недель сидит на диете, чтобы похудеть
- вызывать похудение, истощать
to be greatly reduced by illness — исхудать во время болезни
to be reduced to a shadow [to a skeleton] — превратиться в тень [в скелет]
reduced almost to nothing — ≅ кожа да кости
exercise reduces stout people — от моциона полные люди худеют
- превращать, обращать
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reduce a problem to a single question — свести проблему к единственному вопросу
reduce one’s standard of living — снизить чей-либо уровень жизни
a payment plan to reduce your debt — план выплат с целью уменьшения вашей задолженности
a gasoline additive to reduce pollution — присадка к бензину для уменьшения загрязнения воздуха
a special screen to reduce glare — специальный экран для уменьшения бликов
to cut / reduce a budget — сократить смету, урезать смету
to reduce to canonical form — канонизировать
to reduce to normal conditions — приводить к нормальным условиям
to reduce to a common denominator — приводить к общему знаменателю
to cut / reduce emissions — сокращать выбросы
to reduce equation to a form — приводить уравнение к виду
to reduce a fraction — сокращать дробь
Примеры с переводом
The medicine reduces the risk of infection.
Это лекарство снижает опасность заражения.
He is greatly reduced by illness.
Во время болезни он очень похудел.
We have been able to reduce our tax bill by 10%.
Мы сумели уменьшить сумму выплачиваемых налогов на десять процентов.
He reduced the population to slavery.
Он превратил местное население в рабов.
Hunger had reduced the poor dog to skin and bone.
От голода несчастный пёс исхудал до костей.
She has been reducing for six weeks.
Она сидит на диете уже шесть недель.
The facts may all be reduced to three headings.
Все эти факты можно свести к трём группам.
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…a nation of levelers, Norway has a tax structure designed to reduce the gap between the richest and the poorest…
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Возможные однокоренные слова
reduced — пониженный, сниженный, уменьшенный, покоренный, раздробленный, стесненный
reducible — сводимый, допускающий уменьшение
reduction — сокращение, уменьшение, восстановление, редукция, понижение, скидка, подавление
reducer — редуктор, понизитель, редукционный клапан, переходная муфта, восстановитель
reducing — восстановление, редуцирование, сокращение
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: reduce
he/she/it: reduces
ing ф. (present participle): reducing
2-я ф. (past tense): reduced
3-я ф. (past participle): reduced
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verb (used with object), re·duced, re·duc·ing.
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one’s weight by 10 pounds.
to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: to reduce the speed of a car.
to bring down to a lower rank, dignity, etc.: a sergeant reduced to a corporal
to treat analytically, as a complex idea.
to lower in price.
to bring to a certain state, condition, arrangement, etc.: to reduce glass to powder.
to bring under control or authority.
Cooking. to evaporate water from (a sauce, soup, or other liquid), usually by boiling.
Photography. to lessen the density of (an exposed negative).
to adjust or correct by making allowances, as an astronomical observation.
Mathematics. to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.).
Chemistry.
- to add electrons to.
- to deoxidize.
- to add hydrogen to.
- to change (a compound) so that the valence of the positive element is lower.
Chemistry, Metallurgy. to bring into the metallic state by separating from nonmetallic constituents.
to thin or dilute: to reduce paint with oil or turpentine.
to lower the alcoholic concentration of (spirits) by diluting with water.
Surgery. to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone.
Phonetics. to modify the quality of (a speech sound) to one of lesser distinctiveness, especially to pronounce (an unstressed vowel) as (ə) or another centralized vowel, as in the unstressed syllables of medicinal.
verb (used without object), re·duced, re·duc·ing.
to become reduced.
to become lessened, especially in weight.
to be turned into or made to equal something: All our difficulties reduce to financial problems.
Cell Biology. to undergo meiosis.
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Origin of reduce
1325–75; Middle English reducen to lead back <Latin redūcere to lead back, bring back, equivalent to re-re- + dūcere to lead
OTHER WORDS FROM reduce
an·ti·re·duc·ing, adjective, nounnon·re·duc·ing, adjectiveo·ver·re·duce, verb, o·ver·re·duced, o·ver·re·duc·ing.
Words nearby reduce
red tape, red tide, redtop, Red Tory, red trillium, reduce, reduced, reduced level, reduced mass, reduced paid-up insurance, reducer
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Words related to reduce
curtail, cut, cut down, diminish, dwindle, lessen, lower, pare, scale down, shorten, slash, trim, weaken, knock off, bring, force, undermine, abate, abridge, bankrupt
How to use reduce in a sentence
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Facebook is also today reminding users of its rules to reduce the spread of groups tied to violence.
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So in addition to reducing emissions at home, we need to make it likelier that those countries will reduce their emissions, too.
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Google announced at the start of September it would reduce the visibility of search terms shown in reports for advertisers.
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Now Israel can claim it has more friends in the region, possibly reducing the pressure on it regarding its relations with Palestinians.
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In an interview with VOSD’s Scott Lewis this week, a top aide to Mayor Kevin Faulconer noted that the estimate now includes a 45 percent contingency and could be reduced as general contracting firm Kitchell digs in further.
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Having a criminal record can reduce the likelihood of getting a callback or job offer by 50 percent.
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We kind of reduce things to the lowest common denominator, in some ways for good and in some ways not for good.
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Heat the rum in a small skillet over medium until reduce by half.
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Like background check laws across the country, it will help keep guns out of dangerous hands, reduce gun crime, and save lives.
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The studio took him at his word and jumped at the chance to close down, or at least reduce, his costly operation.
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However, in the visit that I shall make in this archbishopric, I shall try to reduce them to as few settlements as possible.
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He will rattle on in Spanish till Herr S. gets desperate, and tries to reduce him to order.
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This would reduce the available time for direct manual labour at his disposal.
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I will take care to reduce the weight if possible, so as to be carried on the backs of mules.
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But a bank can retain a dividend that has been declared to reduce the indebtedness of the owner to the bank for his stock.
British Dictionary definitions for reduce
verb (mainly tr)
(also intr) to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc
to bring into a certain state, condition, etcto reduce a forest to ashes; to reduce someone to despair
(also intr) to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight
to impoverish (esp in the phrase in reduced circumstances)
to bring into a state of submission to one’s authority; subjugatethe whole country was reduced after three months
to bring down the price of (a commodity)the shirt was reduced in the sale
to lower the rank or status of; demotehe was reduced from corporal to private; reduced to the ranks
to set out systematically as an aid to understanding; simplifyhis theories have been reduced in a popular treatise
maths to modify or simplify the form of (an expression or equation), esp by substitution of one term by another
cookery to make (a sauce, stock, etc) more concentrated by boiling away some of the water in it
to thin out (paint) by adding oil, turpentine, etc; dilute
(also intr) chem
- to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction with hydrogen or formation of a hydride
- to lose or cause to lose oxygen atoms
- to undergo or cause to undergo an increase in the number of electronsCompare oxidize
photog to lessen the density of (a negative or print) by converting some of the blackened silver in the emulsion to soluble silver compounds by an oxidation process using a photographic reducer
surgery to manipulate or reposition (a broken or displaced bone, organ, or part) back to its normal site
(also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo meiosis
Derived forms of reduce
reducible, adjectivereducibility, nounreducibly, adverb
Word Origin for reduce
C14: from Latin redūcere to bring back, from re- + dūcere to lead
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Founder Mollie Culligan says the new hire, who has connections to tanneries and vendors, has helped the label reduce per-unit costs 20%. ❋ Unknown (2009)
One other thing , we must stop using the term reduce and replace it with eliminate when referring to deficit spending. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Blog: Films with ‘America’ in the title reduce the country to a brand ❋ Unknown (2008)
9 Whenever he saw them unseasonably and insolently elated, he would with a word reduce them to alarm; on the other hand, if they fell victims to a panic, he could at once restore them to confidence. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)
When I buy new shoes or any other product that come with packets of silicone beads, I reuse them (as in reduce, reuse and recycle) by placing several packets in my shoes overnight, or longer. ❋ Unknown (2010)
How they believe these proposals will make gang activity reduce is beyond me. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Sunday, May 3 2009 in some ways elastic map-reduce is a step in this direction. people could already run map-reduce on ec2 and s3 – EMR bundles it all up with a management console etc. to make life simpler for lesser geeks. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At the same time, police say the guns taken in reduce the number that can be stolen in burglaries to arm criminals. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We offer help in reduce mortgage visit reduce mortgage ❋ David (2005)
Whenever he saw them unseasonably and insolently elated, he would with a word reduce them to alarm; on the other hand, if they fell victims to a panic, he could at once restore them to confidence. ❋ Thucydides (2005)
A widely reported news story suggests that email and phone calls reduce IQ by up to 10 points. ❋ Unknown (2005)
We are however pleased that these proposed releases will in the short term reduce the inhumane and unconstitutional levels of over — crowding in SA prisons. ❋ Unknown (1997)
If anything, more cash goes to universities, but because it comes from students and loans, it will in the long term reduce the fiscal deficit. ❋ Unknown (2011)
«The EU rescue package will in the mid-term reduce budget deficits, but it will also dampen demand and mid-term growth will be dampened as well,» ZEW economist Michael Schroeder told reporters. ❋ Unknown (2010)
«The hope is that we can improve that to a higher percent, and in the long term reduce the need for chemotherapy,» he added. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Treasury believes, however, that while the probes may in the near-term reduce the number of foreclosed houses available for sale, most distressed properties affected by the controversy will «eventually come onto the market.» ❋ Unknown (2010)
The case studies explore different adaptive measures, such as public health campaigns to provide advice about how to stay cool during hot summers, which could over the long-term reduce the health costs, and also looks at weather patterns that could lead to savings, such as the need for less road-grit during warmer winters, but the studies still forecast financial hikes that will bring the expense of climate change much closer to home. ❋ Unknown (2009)
This will reduce the [chances] that [someone else] finds a non-defined [word]. ❋ MarComiX (2009)
Though not a violent man, [Aston Villa] centre half [Olof] [Mellberg] knew that unless he dished out a reducer or two, tricky Manchester United winger, cristiano ronaldowould probably take the piss out of him every time the ball was nearby. ❋ Nayson (2005)
Janice: Marcus why the hell you eat my [last piece of cheesecake]!
Marcus: aye bro imma need you to reduce fa me alright you don’t need to do all that
Tina: Oh my gosh Jason! Come here [give me a hug]!
Jason: aye yo Tina reduce I don’t feel like all that
Guy: Aye [waddup] baby lemme buy you a drink
Girl: uh nigga reduce please with yo ugly ass ❋ Drizzydrakus (2014)
Have you noticed that [Joyce] is reducing? She now looks [half-way] decent in her tiny-weenie polka-dotted [bikini]. ❋ Richard Black (2005)
like going from a healthy [young adult] with a job and money to falling in a [downward spiral] with no friends and no home and being reduced to eating [potato chips] and drinking beer while watching wrestling shows, comedy and playing video games ❋ THE TOILET OF LIFE (2008)
«[Why do] you always [act like] your [Reduced].» ❋ TCW00dy (2004)
The [USFG] Should reduce [restrictions] on legal [immigration] into the US ❋ AnthonyAguerosMom (2019)
Bert: Observe the chav with the IQ reducer and [GTI] parked outside the bank. Clearly a cash point cripple
[Gert]: [Tosser] ❋ Bushwacka1973 (2011)
[SONIC REDUCER]
[THE DEAD BOYS]
I don’t need anyone
Don’t need no mom and dad
Don’t need no pretty face
Don’t need no human race
I got some news for you
Don’t even need you too
I got my devil machine
Got my electronic dream
[Sonic reducer]
Ain’t no loser
I’m a [sonic reducer]
Ain’t no loser
—————
Boy: PUNX NOT DEAD
girl: Yes it is, rap rules
boy: you suck, if nly you would swim away from the mainstream, and into the underground full of sonic reducers! ❋ Xsuite (2006)
[Charles] Riddlesolver [realized] that a [teacher] is an ignorance reducer. ❋ But For (2017)
Other forms: reduced; reducing; reduces
You reduce something when you lessen its volume, size, or degree. That’s why we say when someone goes on a diet, it’s because they want to reduce; it’s a polite way of suggesting they need to drop pounds and become a smaller size.
The word reduce first appeared in Old French during the 14th Century, when it meant «bring back.» From the Latin re, which meant «back,» coupled with ducere, meaning «bring or lead» — we ended up with reduce. The current meaning, «to lessen,» appeared in the late 1700’s, drawn from the word’s military use, «reduce to ranks,» which meant break into smaller units. Cooks use the word reduce when they reduce a liquid, boiling it down until it has less volume and is thicker.
Definitions of reduce
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“reduce an image”
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synonyms:
scale down
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verb
reduce in size; reduce physically
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verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
“reduce your daily fat intake”
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synonyms:
bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down
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cut
have a reducing effect
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shorten
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
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spill
reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
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quench
reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
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retrench
make a reduction, as in one’s workforce
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slash
cut drastically
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thin out
make sparse
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thin
make thin or thinner
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detract, take away
take away a part from; diminish
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deflate
reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
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inflate
increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
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downsize
reduce in size or number
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subtract
take off or away
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knock off, shave
cut the price of
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foreshorten
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
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clip, curtail, cut short
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
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syncopate
omit a sound or letter in a word
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cut short, truncate
make shorter as if by cutting off
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draw
reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
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clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
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mark down
reduce the price of
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type of:
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decrease, lessen, minify
make smaller
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cut
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“reduce the influx of foreigners”
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synonyms:
tighten
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verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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synonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten
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cut, edit, edit out
cut and assemble the components of
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dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
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bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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concentrate, condense, digest
make more concise
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capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
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telescope
make smaller or shorter
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type of:
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decrease, lessen, minify
make smaller
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cut, edit, edit out
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verb
lessen and make more modest
“reduce one’s standard of living”
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verb
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
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“reduce a problem to a single question”
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verb
be the essential element
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verb
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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verb
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
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lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
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put down by force or intimidation
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verb
cook until very little liquid is left
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boil down, concentrate
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be cooked until very little liquid is left
“The sauce should
reduce to one cup”-
synonyms:
boil down, concentrate, decoct
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verb
to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
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verb
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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transitive verb
1
a
: to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
reduce all the questions to one
b(1)
: to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number
reduce the likelihood of war
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: to decrease the volume and concentrate the flavor of by boiling
add the wine and reduce the sauce for two minutes
c
: to narrow down : restrict
peoples who were reduced to small reservations
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archaic
: to restore to righteousness : save
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: to bring to a specified state or condition
the impact of the movie reduced them to tears
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a
: to force to capitulate
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a
: to bring to a systematic form or character
reduce natural events to laws
b
: to put down in written or printed form
reduce an agreement to writing
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: to correct (a fracture) by bringing displaced or broken parts back into their normal positions
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a
: to lower in grade or rank : demote
b
: to lower in condition or status : downgrade
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a
: to diminish in strength or density
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a(1)
: to change the denominations or form of without changing the value
(2)
: to construct a geometrical figure similar to but smaller than (a given figure)
b
: to transpose from one form into another : convert
c
: to change (an expression) to an equivalent but more fundamental expression
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: to break down (as by crushing or grinding) : pulverize
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: to bring to the metallic state by removal of nonmetallic elements
c
: to combine with or subject to the action of hydrogen
d(1)
: to change (an element or ion) from a higher to a lower oxidation state
(2)
: to add one or more electrons to (an atom or ion or molecule)
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: to change (a stressed vowel) to an unstressed vowel
intransitive verb
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a(1)
: to become diminished or lessened
especially
: to lose weight by dieting
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: to become reduced
ferric iron reduces to ferrous iron
b
: to become concentrated or consolidated
2
: to become converted or equated
Synonyms
Choose the Right Synonym for reduce
slowly decreased the amount of pressure
lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number.
has been unable to lessen her debt
diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total.
his visual acuity has diminished
reduce implies a bringing down or lowering.
you must reduce your caloric intake
abate implies a reducing of something excessive or oppressive in force or amount.
dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller.
their provisions dwindled slowly
vanquish implies a complete overpowering.
vanquished the enemy and ended the war
defeat does not imply the finality or completeness of vanquish which it otherwise equals.
the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas
subdue implies a defeating and suppression.
subdued the native tribes after years of fighting
reduce implies a forcing to capitulate or surrender.
the city was reduced after a month-long siege
overcome suggests getting the better of with difficulty or after hard struggle.
overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks
overthrow stresses the bringing down or destruction of existing power.
violently overthrew the old regime
Example Sentences
The medicine reduces the risk of infection.
We are trying to reduce our debt.
Stricter speed limit enforcement has reduced the number of car accidents.
Her prison sentence was reduced from 15 years to 10.
Recent Examples on the Web
One significant concession is her weekly mileage, which Linden has reduced from 120 to between 95 and 105.
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John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
Sathish also shared that her team is exploring natural methods to reduce and remove microplastics from edible sea salt.
—Sharmila Vaidyanathan, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2023
Without royalty contributions to the general fund and with various tax credits that would reduce overall production tax revenues, Willow would lose the state money in its early years, with totals ranging from under $400 million to over $1 billion, depending on the estimate.
—Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2023
But that figure could increase rapidly, due to efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and prevent the worst effects of climate change.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
Statewide stay-home orders were initiated in March 2020 and in response the district reduced its Coaster commuter train service and continued with fewer trains until May 24, 2021.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
New research from Marsh McLennan highlights 12 key cybersecurity controls, each of which can reduce risk and are a consideration for underwriters weighing the risk of coverage.
—Rob Sloan, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2023
Sonoma County officials will study what effect this additional monthly income has on reducing poverty and promoting economic mobility for families with young children, according to the Sonoma County Administrator’s Office.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2023
Fur trapping dramatically reduced the population starting in the 1700s and even today beavers are sometimes seen as a nuisance and killed.
—Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, to lead back, from Latin reducere, from re- + ducere to lead — more at tow entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of reduce was
in the 14th century
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