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Definition of Decrease
1. Verb. Decrease in size, extent, or range. "His voice fell to a whisper"
Specialized synonyms: Break, Shrink, Shrivel, Taper, Drop Off, Fly, Vanish, Vaporize, Break, Ease Off, Ease Up, Flag, Slacken Off, Weaken, Boil Down, Concentrate, Decoct, Reduce, Contract, Shrink, Shrink, Shrivel, Shrivel Up, Wither, Abate, Die Away, Let Up, Slack, Slack Off, Deflate, Dwindle, Dwindle Away, Dwindle Down, Remit, De-escalate, Depreciate, Devaluate, Devalue, Undervalue, Shorten, Thin Out, Decline, Go Down, Wane, Wane, Wane, Decelerate, Retard, Slow, Slow Down, Slow Up, Decrescendo
Generic synonyms: Change Magnitude
Antonyms: Increase
Derivative terms: Diminution, Fall
2. Noun. A change downward. "There was a sharp drop-off in sales"
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Shrinkage, Shrinking, Casualty, Sinking, Attrition, Dwindling, Dwindling Away, Waning
Antonyms: Increase
Derivative terms: Drop Off
3. Verb. Make smaller. "He decreased his staff"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Suppress, Mitigate, Pare, Pare Down, Circumscribe, Confine, Limit, Boil Down, Concentrate, Reduce, Reduce, Shrink, Abbreviate, Abridge, Contract, Cut, Foreshorten, Reduce, Shorten, Abate, Slack, Slake, Lour, Lower, Turn Down, De-escalate, Step Down, Weaken, Minimise, Minimize, Bring Down, Cut, Cut Back, Cut Down, Reduce, Trim, Trim Back, Trim Down, Cut, Relax, Slack, Slack Up, Slacken, Belittle, Diminish
Antonyms: Increase
4. Noun. A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
Generic synonyms: Physical Process, Process
Specialized synonyms: Decay, Decline, Decline, Diminution, Desensitisation, Desensitization, Narrowing, Slippage, Wastage
Antonyms: Increase, Increment
5. Noun. The amount by which something decreases.
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Dip, Drop, Fall, Free Fall, Shrinkage
Antonyms: Increase
6. Noun. The act of decreasing or reducing something.
Generic synonyms: Change Of Magnitude
Specialized synonyms: Cut, Mitigation, Moderation, Lowering, Cutback, Devaluation, Devitalisation, Devitalization, Extenuation, Mitigation, Palliation, Alleviation, Easement, Easing, Relief, De-escalation, Minimisation, Minimization, Depletion, Shortening, Shrinking, Deduction, Subtraction, Deflation, Deduction, Discount, Price Reduction, Rollback, Weakening, Depreciation, Contraction, Reverse Split, Reverse Stock Split, Split Down, Amortisation, Amortization, Declassification, Shelter, Tax Shelter, Tax Credit
Antonyms: Increase
Derivative terms: Reduce, Reduce, Reduce, Step Down
Definition of Decrease
1. v. i. To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
2. v. t. To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
3. n. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
Definition of Decrease
1. Verb. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller. ¹
3. Noun. An amount by which a quantity is decreased. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decrease
1. to diminish [v -CREASED, -CREASING, -CREASES] - See also: diminish
Medical Definition of Decrease
1. To grow less, opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc, or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. "He must increase, but I must decrease." (John III. 30) Synonym: To Decrease, Diminish. Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and from within, or through some cause which is imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold decreases; their affection has decreased. Things commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by disease; his property is diminishing through extravagance; their affection has diminished since their separation their separation. The turn of thought, however, is often such that these words may be interchanged. "The olive leaf, which certainly them told The flood decreased." (Drayton) "Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly." (Pope) Origin: OE. Decrecen, fr. OF. Decreistre, F. Decroitre, or from the OF. Noun (see Decrease,), fr. L. Decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Increase. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrease
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