reduce

  • 31reduce — re•duce [[t]rɪˈdus, ˈdyus[/t]] v. duced, duc•ing 1) to bring down to a smaller size, amount, price, etc 2) to lower in degree, intensity, etc 3) to demote to a lower rank 4) to treat analytically, as a complex idea 5) to act destructively upon (a …

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  • 32reduce to — phr verb Reduce to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ash, ↑minimum, ↑tear, ↑wreck …

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  • 33reduce — [14] ‘Lessen, diminish’ is a comparatively recent semantic development for reduce. Its Latin ancestor was certainly not used in that sense. This was redūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and dūcere ‘lead, bring’… …

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  • 34reduce —   ridurre   Ridurre o reduce consiste in una indicazione fornita da un operatore che segnala l opportunità di diminuire la quota di portafoglio investito in un determinato titolo …

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  • 35reduce — agg.; anche s. m. e f. superstite, veterano FRASEOLOGIA essere reduce da, essere appena uscito da …

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  • 36reduce — verb 1) the aim to reduce pollution Syn: lessen, make smaller, lower, bring down, decrease, diminish, minimize; shrink, narrow, contract, shorten; ax, cut, cut back/down, make cutbacks in, trim, curtail …

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  • 37reduce — verb 1) the aim to reduce pollution Syn: lessen, make smaller, lower, bring down, decrease, diminish, minimize, shrink, narrow, contract, shorten; informal chop 2) he reduced her to tears Syn …

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  • 38reduce — [14] ‘Lessen, diminish’ is a comparatively recent semantic development for reduce. Its Latin ancestor was certainly not used in that sense. This was redūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back, again’ and dūcere ‘lead, bring’… …

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  • 39reduce — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller or less. 2 tr. (foll. by to) bring by force or necessity (to some undesirable state or action) (reduced them to tears; were reduced to begging). 3 tr. convert to another (esp. simpler) form (reduced it to a …

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  • 40Reduce (Computeralgebrasystem) — Reduce Betriebssystem Plattformunabhängig Kategorie Computeralgebrasystem Lizenz BSD Lizenz http://reduce algebra.sourceforge.net// …

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