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- Dictionaryre·duce/rəˈdo͞os/
verb
- 1. make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: "the need for businesses to reduce costs" Similar Opposite
- 2. bring someone or something to (a lower or weaker state, condition, or role): "she has been reduced to near poverty" Similar
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to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.: Do nuclear weapons really reduce the risk of war? The plane reduced speed as it approached the airport. My weight reduces when I stop eating sugar. We bought a TV that was reduced from £500 to £350 in the sales. I reduced the problem to a few simple questions.
The meaning of REDUCE is to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate. How to use reduce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Reduce.
Reduce definition: to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.. See examples of REDUCE used in a sentence.
You reduce something when you lessen its volume, size, or degree. That's why we say when someone goes on a diet, it's because they want to reduce; it's a polite way of suggesting they need to drop pounds and become a smaller size.
to make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price: A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease. Grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number will be reduced by 500 workers.
to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc. 2. to bring into a certain state, condition, etc. to reduce a forest to ashes. to reduce someone to despair. 3. (also intr) to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight. 4.
reduce. [transitive, intransitive] to make something less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.; to become less or smaller in size, quantity, etc. reduce something Reduce speed now (= on a sign). Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
1. ( also intr) to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc. 2. to bring into a certain state, condition, etc: to reduce a forest to ashes; to reduce someone to despair. 3. ( also intr) to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight.
to make something less: to reduce air pollution. Prices have been reduced by almost 50 percent. The number of employees was reduced from 500 to 300. Fewer examples. Our society needs to reduce its dependence on the car. The doctor gave me drugs to reduce the swelling in my ankle. Regular exercise can help reduce stress.
lower to reduce the level, limit, or amount of something. Lower sounds rather formal The voting age was lowered to 18. The government decided to lower interest rates by 0.5%. After twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees. bring something down to reduce something such as prices or costs, or reduce the level of something.
