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reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down |
| Type of | lessen, minify, decrease |
| Has types | spill, deflate, detract, downsize, inflate, knock off, quench, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, subtract, take away, thin, thin out |
| Verb group | cut |
| Derivation | reductive, reduction |
reduce your daily fat intake.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | melt off, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin |
| Type of | turn, change state |
| Has types | sweat off |
| Derivation | reducing |
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten |
| Type of | lessen, minify, decrease |
| Has types | bowdlerise, castrate, digest, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, condense, concentrate |
| Verb group | cut, edit, edit out |
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deoxidise, deoxidize |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | benficiate, pole |
| Derivation | reducing, reductant, reducer |
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | boil down, concentrate |
| Type of | lessen, minify, decrease |
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shrink |
| Type of | decrease, minify, lessen |
| Has types | miniaturize, desolate, reef, downsize, scale down, contract, miniaturise, depopulate |
| Derivation | reduction |
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | break, bump, demote, relegate, kick downstairs |
He reduced the population to slavery.
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress |
| Has types | obscure |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | simplify |
| Has types | abbreviate |
| Derivation | reduction, reducible |
reduce a problem to a single question.
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reposition |
reduce::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | interchange, replace, exchange, substitute |
| Derivation | reducible |
Examples of reduce
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It could help reduce costly competition among area cities for jobs and tax base.
From the stltoday.com
Nearly double is generally needed to significantly reduce the unemployment rate.
From the thenewstribune.com
They can also be helpful to improve coordination and reduce your risk for falls.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Yet the industry struggles to reduce that 8% of global greenhouse-gas emissions.
From the time.com
She said she tried to persuade staffers to reduce her pay, but was unsuccessful.
From the desmoinesregister.com
It also will reduce the allure of European bonds as an alternative to Treasurys.
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Reduce heat, cook partially covered for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
From the kansas.com
There is also a lack of effective technical solutions to reduce these emissions.
From the sciencedaily.com
Reduce heat and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until vegetables are very tender.
From the kansas.com
- Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
- Make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
- Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
- Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
- Be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
- Redox (shorthand for reduction-oxidation reaction) reactions describe all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed. ...
- In computability theory and computational complexity theory, a reduction is a transformation of one problem into another problem. Depending on the transformation used this can be used to define complexity classes on a set of problems.
- REDUCE is a general-purpose computer algebra system geared towards applications in physics.
