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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 reduces
reduces
Dimon said the New York-based bank already reduces principal for some borrowers.
From the bloomberg.com
The ball's lower-compression inner core reduces driver spin for better distance.
From the freep.com
The deal one gets reduces the longer one leaves it before installing the system.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cranberry treatment reduces bladder cancer and lymphoma, animal studies suggest.
From the kansas.com
So more jobs are lost, which reduces tax revenue and increases benefits payouts.
From the independent.co.uk
Such added ironmongery adds weight, blunts performance and reduces fuel economy.
From the newarkadvertiser.co.uk
That reduces unauthorised migration to Canada and eases public anxiety about it.
From the economist.com
The biodiesel reduces air pollution and helps cash-strapped Amtrak save on fuel.
From the time.com
A stronger yen reduces the value of exporters'overseas profits when repatriated.
From the abcnews.go.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.
