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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•crease /v. dɪˈkris; n. ˈdikris, dɪˈkris/USA pronunciation v., -creased, -creas•ing, n. v. - to lessen, esp. by degrees;
(cause to) diminish: [no obj ]:Water consumption had to decrease to avoid a drought.[ ~ + obj ]:They told us to decrease spending.
n. [countable] - the act or process of decreasing.
- the amount by which a thing is lessened:a decrease of only 15%.
de•creas•ing, adj. [before a noun]:decreasing interest rates.de•creas•ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•crease (v. di krēs′;n. dē′krēs, di krēs′),USA pronunciation v., -creased, -creas•ing, n. v.i. - to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.:During the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly.
v.t. - to make less;
cause to diminish:to decrease one's work load.
n. - the act or process of decreasing;
condition of being decreased;
gradual reduction:a decrease in sales; a decrease in intensity. - the amount by which a thing is lessened:The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.
- Latin dēcrēscere (dē- de- + crēscere to grow); see crescent
- Old French decreiss-, long stem of decreistre
- Middle English decres (noun, nominal), decresen (verb, verbal) 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wane, lessen, fall off, decline, contract, abate. Decrease, diminish, dwindle, shrink imply becoming smaller or less in amount. Decrease commonly implies a sustained reduction in stages, esp. of bulk, size, volume, or quantity, often from some imperceptible cause or inherent process:The swelling decreased daily.Diminish usually implies the action of some external cause that keeps taking away:Disease caused the number of troops to diminish steadily.Dwindle implies an undesirable reduction by degrees, resulting in attenuation:His followers dwindled to a mere handful.Shrink esp. implies contraction through an inherent property under specific conditions:Many fabrics shrink in hot water.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abatement, decline, subsidence, shrinking, dwindling, ebbing.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged increase, expand.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: decrease vb /dɪˈkriːs/- to diminish or cause to diminish in size, number, strength, etc
n /ˈdiːkriːs; dɪˈkriːs/- the act or process of diminishing; reduction
- the amount by which something has been diminished
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French descreistre, from Latin dēcrescere to grow less, from de- + crescere to growdeˈcreasing adj deˈcreasingly adv |