Decrease

  • 41decrease — de·crease || diː kriːs n. decline; reduction, lessening v. reduce, lessen; decline …

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  • 42decrease — verb dɪ kri:s make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. noun di:kri:s an instance of decreasing. ↘the action of decreasing. Derivatives decreasing adjective decreasingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. decreis (n.),… …

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  • 43decrease — I. v. n. Diminish (gradually), lessen, wane, decline, ebb, subside, dwindle, contract, abate, grow less. II. v. a. Diminish, lessen, retrench, curtail, reduce, lower, make less. III. n. Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction, wane or waning …

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  • 44decrease — v 1. diminish, lessen, reduce, lower, abate, bate; contract, shrink, constrict, narrow; cut, pare, prune, truncate, crop, lop, dock, clip; condense, cut down, compress, shorten, abridge, scale down, boil down; abbreviate, curtail, cut short. 2.… …

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  • 45decrease — de·crease …

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  • 46decrease — verb (decreased, decreasing) –verb (i) /dəˈkris / (say duh krees) 1. to diminish gradually in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc. –verb (t) /dəˈkris / (say duh krees) 2. to make less; cause to diminish. –noun /ˈdikris / (say deekrees),… …

  • 47decrease —   Emi, koi i, ho oli ili i, kāmuku …

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  • 48decrease — Diminution …

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  • 49decrease — v. & n. v.tr. & intr. make or become smaller or fewer. n. 1 the act or an instance of decreasing. 2 the amount by which a thing decreases. Derivatives: decreasingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF de(s)creiss , pres. stem of de(s)creistre ult. f. L… …

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  • 50decrease in unemployment — reduction in the rate of people not employed in work, increase in amount of people working …

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