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Synonyms for reduce
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Princeton's WordNet
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down(verb)
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
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clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim backreduce(verb)
make less complex
"reduce a problem to a single question"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce(verb)
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
"He reduced the population to slavery"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce(verb)
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce(verb)
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
"She reduced her niece to a servant"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce, come down, boil down(verb)
be the essential element
"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, go down, cut, precipitate, trim back, descend, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, sicken, fall, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenshrink, reduce(verb)
reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
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wither, bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, quail, trim down, thin out, cut, funk, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, flinch, tighten, wince, shrink, shrivel up, abridge, recoil, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, cringe, concentrate, thin, deoxidize, subjugate, dilute, shorten, slim, shrivel, squinch, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, cut back, keep down, lose weight, repressreduce(verb)
lessen and make more modest
"reduce one's standard of living"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce, scale down(verb)
make smaller
"reduce an image"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightendeoxidize, deoxidise, reduce(verb)
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
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce, tighten(verb)
narrow or limit
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, constrain, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, stiffen, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, fasten, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, tighten up, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenrepress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce(verb)
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"
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chasten, strangle, get over, suppress, concentrate, master, conquer, avoid, quash, slim down, boil down, surmount, scale down, annul, trim down, thin out, inhibit, lose weight, decoct, cut, foreshorten, nullify, abbreviate, trim, slenderize, subject, shorten, deoxidise, crucify, subjugate, cut down, abridge, contract, melt off, subdue, curb, stamp down, invalidate, deoxidize, come down, subordinate, tame, number, mortify, dilute, slim, shrink, smother, thin, bring down, trim back, cut back, overcome, muffle, keep down, stifle, void, repress, tightenreduce(verb)
undergo meiosis
"The cells reduce"
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce(verb)
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce(verb)
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenabridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce(verb)
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
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sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim backboil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate(verb)
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
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digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, cut back, trim down, rivet, thin out, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, tighten, subjugate, shrink, abridge, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slim, thin, come down, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repressreduce, boil down, concentrate(verb)
cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
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digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, rivet, slim, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightendilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut(verb)
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
"cut bourbon"
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veer, bring down, decoct, sheer, slim down, turn off, quash, turn out, boil down, burn, foreshorten, shorten, hack, trim down, slim, prune, edit, snub, debase, cut, rationalize, load, curve, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, cut back, write out, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, skip, abridge, make out, adulterate, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, switch off, concentrate, stretch, thin, deoxidize, come down, dilute, geld, rationalise, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, slenderize, edit out, slue, issue, deoxidise, abbreviate, trend, keep down, lose weight, repress, tightenreduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down(verb)
take off weight
Synonyms:
bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slenderise, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten
English Synonyms and Antonyms
reduce
Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.
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abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, sinkAntonyms:
advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
reduce
Synonyms:
lessen, diminish, curtail, attenuate, impoverish, narrow, contract, weaken, impair, subdue, subjugate, bring, refer, subject, classify, convertAntonyms:
enlarge, magnify, increase, augment, produce, extend, amplify, broaden, expand, renovate, invigorate, restore, repair, liberate, free, except, dissociate, transform
Editors Contribution
deleveraging
because deleveraging means to reduce, bring down or pay off something.
fluctuate
is it the synonym for fluctuate.
Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019heightend
Dictionary of English Synonymes
reduce(v. a.)
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restore, bring backreduce(v. a.)
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render, form, mould, make, shape, model, remodel, convert into, resolve into, change into, bring into, bring toreduce(v. a.)
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diminish, contract, lessen, abate, decrease, abridge, curtail, shorten, cut short, cut down, make lessreduce(v. a.)
reduce(v. a.)
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subdue, conquer, subjugate, overpower, overthrow, vanquish, master, get the better of, get the upper hand of, bring into subjectionreduce(v. a.)
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impoverish, ruin, bring to want, bring to povertyreduce(v. a.)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "reduce":
reducing, reduction, decrease, cut, reduced, minimize, mitigate, diminish, reduces, lessen, lower, alleviate, shorten, minimise, curtail, lowering, narrow, limit, decline, curb, ease, restrict, minimizing, shrink, reductions, relieve, narrowing, decreasing, cutting, decreased, lighten, lessening, lowers, alleviation, abate, downsize, alleviating, mitigating
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How to use reduce in a sentence?
I am ... confident they understand that there will be in-depth verification, not all of that work appeared in the final document. But lots of other places where there were understandings reached, we couldn't reduce them to writing, so that means there's still some work to do, but there was a great deal of work done that is beyond what was seen in the final document that will be the place that we will begin when we return to our conversations.
Now in May with them in the field, the deforestation alerts continued to be high. So this isn't a model that is effective to reduce deforestation.
A lot of the technology is already available. It's just a question of packaging it together at the right cost for the farmers, if you can reduce herbicides by the factor of 10 it becomes very compelling for the farmer in terms of productivity. It's also eco friendly and that's clearly going to be very popular, if not compulsory, at some stage.
Geraldine Dawson of Duke University:
Universal autism screening helps reduce the disparities in access to services for children from different racial and economic backgrounds.
When the price should not have increased even by cent and rather it ought to have decreased significantly; first they would instantly make an overnight hike of the price even by five to ten percent and subsequently reduce it by one to two percent and that too very gradually and most surprisingly, even make a big population to clap and cheer of their consideration of the price reduction.
Translations for reduce
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- reduirCatalan, Valencian
- abnehmen, reduzieren, herabsetzenGerman
- reducirSpanish
- taandamaEstonian
- کاستنPersian
- pienentää, keittää kokoon, alentaa, pelkistää, alistaa, kukistaa, laskea, supistaa, huonontaa, keventyä, vähentää, nöyryyttää, laihtua, sieventääFinnish
- réduireFrench
- reducirGalician
- besűrít, csökkent, leigáz, leverHungarian
- նվազեցնել, փոքրացնելArmenian
- dineskarIdo
- ridurre in cattività, ridurre, degradare, sottomettere, dimagrire, retrocedereItalian
- 鎮める, 還元, 不純物を取り除く, 削減, 切り詰める, 減らす, 約分, 下げる, 煮詰める, 鎮圧, 減る, 強いる, 簡約Japanese
- 줄이다Korean
- dēdūcōLatin
- mazināt, pamazināt, samazinātLatvian
- whakamimitiMāori
- verlagen, verminderenDutch
- redusereNorwegian
- stracić na wadzę, zmniejszać, schudnąć, skrócić, wytopić, skracać, zdegradować, wytapiać, uprościć, upraszczać, zmniejszyć, degradować, zeszczupleć, obniżać, obniżyćPolish
- reduzir, diminuir, emagrecer, rebaixarPortuguese
- reduzir, redutgier, reducir, redüer, redutgear, redürRomansh
- diminua, micșora, reduceRomanian
- уменьшить, понизить, снижать, упрощать, снизить, упростить, худеть, уменьшать, понижатьRussian
- ลดThai
- 減少Chinese
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