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lessen

/ lessen /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
wear off or die down
"The pain subsided"
Type of:
weaken
Derived:
remission remittal subsidence
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
make smaller
"He decreased his staff"
Opposites:
increase
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
mitigate pare pare down limit circumscribe
Derived:
decrease lessening drop-off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
decrease in size, extent, or range
"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"
"The cabin pressure fell dramatically"
"her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"
"his voice fell to a whisper"
Opposites:
increase
Type of:
change magnitude
Kinds of:
break shrink shrivel taper drop off
Derived:
drop dip fall free fall decline
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
32%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
3
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weaken change alter modify mitigate pare pare down limit circumscribe increase change magnitude break