Reduce Meaning and Definition

Word: Reduce

How to pronounce: rɪˈdjuːs

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Example sentences: "The need for businesses to reduce costs"

2. Bring someone or something to (a lower or weaker state, condition, or role)

Example sentences: "She has been reduced to near poverty"

3. Change a substance to (a different or more basic form)

Example sentences: "It is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust"

4. Cause to combine chemically with hydrogen.

5. Restore (a dislocated part) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery.

Example sentences: "Joe's reducing a dislocated thumb"

6. Besiege and capture (a town or fortress).

Example sentences: "Fortresses were redesigned to take advantage of the defensive potential of modern firearms and techniques for besieging and reducing fortresses were refined."

Synonyms:

shorten

curtail

scale down

downsize

scale back

abridge

decrease

lessen

shrink

downgrade

diminish

cut

retrench

detract

minify

dwindle

mark down

deplete

trim down

lowering

declining

be reduced

abbreviate

condense

decline

decrement

a decrease

lower

contract

trim

downscale

bring down

degrade

impair

bring

bring together

mitigate

relieve

allay

depreciate

cheapen

devalue

ease

loosen

weaken

abate

depress

attenuate

subdue

go down

boil down

drop

come down

lose weight

slim down

slim

dilute

thin

sink

Antonyms:

eliminate

increase

improve

enhance

remove

raise

strengthen

extend

rise

grow

continue

gain

expand

lengthen

reinforce

add

multiply

broaden

stand

stretch

exaggerate

growth

raising

crease

Derivations:

reducing

reducible

reduction

reduced

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Reduce in Other Languages...

Spanish: Reducir

German: Reduzieren

French: Réduire

Italian: Ridurre

Turkish: Azaltmak