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reduce

/ reduce /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
take off weight
Opposites:
gain put on
Type of:
change state turn
Kinds of:
sweat off
Derived:
reducing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
"He reduced the population to slavery"
Type of:
demote bump relegate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
verb Sense 3
lessen and make more modest
"reduce one''s standard of living"
Type of:
impoverish
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
Type of:
substitute replace
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
mathematics math maths
verb Sense 5
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
"She reduced her niece to a servant"
Type of:
take down degrade disgrace
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
undergo meiosis
"The cells reduce"
Type of:
separate divide part
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 7
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Type of:
reposition
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
shorten quench retrench slash thin out
Derived:
trim trimming clipping cutback decrease
Verb group:
cut
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
make less complex
"reduce a problem to a single question"
Type of:
simplify
Kinds of:
abbreviate
Derived:
reduction simplification
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 10
narrow or limit
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
Type of:
restrict restrain trammel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 11
make smaller
"reduce an image"
Opposites:
blow up enlarge magnify
Type of:
shrink
Derived:
decrease diminution reduction step-down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 12
cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Derived:
concentration concentrate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
verb Sense 13
be the essential element
"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
Type of:
become turn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 14
reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"
"Can you shrink this image?"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
scale down reef miniaturize miniaturise depopulate
Derived:
decrease diminution reduction step-down shrinking
Causes:
shrink contract
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 15
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
Type of:
decrease diminish lessen
Derived:
concentration concentrate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
verb Sense 16
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
Opposites:
oxidize oxidise oxidate
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
benficiate pole
Derived:
reducing agent reducer reductant reduction reducing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
chemistry chemical science
verb Sense 17
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
Type of:
weaken
Kinds of:
water down
Derived:
cutting thinning dilutant diluent thinner
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 18
put down by force or intimidation
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Type of:
oppress suppress crush
Derived:
subduer surmounter overcomer repression
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 19
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
Opposites:
elaborate lucubrate expatiate exposit enlarge
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
bowdlerize bowdlerise expurgate castrate shorten
Derived:
contraction shortener abridger abbreviator condensation
Verb group:
edit cut edit out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
19
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
121
Times Searched
3
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