Understanding the meaning of reduce

reduce

/rɪ'dus/

Synonyms of reduce Antonyms of reduce Examples of reduce Usage of reduce Parts of reduce Definition that contains reduce Words sounding like reduce Explanation of reduce

verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
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"reduce your daily fat intake"

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bring down cut cut back cut down trim trim back trim down

type of:
lessen minify decrease
verb
take off weight
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melt off slenderize slim slim down thin

Opposite:

gain

type of:
turn change state
verb
be cooked until very little liquid is left
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"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

Similar:

boil down concentrate decoct

type of:
diminish lessen fall decrease
verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
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cut dilute thin thin out

type of:
weaken
verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten shorten

type of:
lessen minify decrease
verb
be the essential element
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boil down come down

type of:
become turn
verb
put down by force or intimidation
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keep down quash repress subdue subjugate

type of:
oppress suppress crush
verb
make smaller
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"reduce an image"

Similar:

scale down

Opposite:

blow up

type of:
shrink
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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deoxidise deoxidize

type of:
change
verb
narrow or limit
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"reduce the influx of foreigners"

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tighten

type of:
limit confine trammel throttle bound restrict
verb
cook until very little liquid is left
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"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

Similar:

boil down concentrate

type of:
lessen minify decrease
verb
reduce in size; reduce physically
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shrink

type of:
decrease minify lessen
verb
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
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"He reduced the population to slavery"

type of:
break bump demote relegate kick downstairs
verb
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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type of:
de-emphasize de-emphasise destress
verb
lessen and make more modest
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"reduce one's standard of living"

type of:
impoverish
verb
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
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"She reduced her niece to a servant"

type of:
degrade demean disgrace put down take down
verb
make less complex
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"reduce a problem to a single question"

type of:
simplify
verb
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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type of:
reposition
verb
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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type of:
interchange replace exchange substitute
verb
undergo meiosis
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"The cells reduce"

type of:
divide part separate
verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
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"reduce your daily fat intake"

Similar:

bring down cut cut back cut down trim trim back trim down

type of:
lessen minify decrease
verb
take off weight
- + New List
Similar:

melt off slenderize slim slim down thin

Opposite:

gain

type of:
turn change state
verb
be cooked until very little liquid is left
- + New List
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

Similar:

boil down concentrate decoct

type of:
diminish lessen fall decrease
verb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- + New List
Similar:

cut dilute thin thin out

type of:
weaken
verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- + New List
Similar:

abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten shorten

type of:
lessen minify decrease
verb
be the essential element
- + New List
Similar:

boil down come down

type of:
become turn
verb
put down by force or intimidation
- + New List
Similar:

keep down quash repress subdue subjugate

type of:
oppress suppress crush
verb
make smaller
- + New List
"reduce an image"

Similar:

scale down

Opposite:

blow up

type of:
shrink
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
- + New List
Similar:

deoxidise deoxidize

type of:
change
verb
narrow or limit
- + New List
"reduce the influx of foreigners"

Similar:

tighten

type of:
limit confine trammel throttle bound restrict
verb
cook until very little liquid is left
- + New List
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

Similar:

boil down concentrate

type of:
lessen minify decrease
verb
reduce in size; reduce physically
- + New List
Similar:

shrink

type of:
decrease minify lessen
verb
bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- + New List
"He reduced the population to slavery"

type of:
break bump demote relegate kick downstairs
verb
destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- + New List
type of:
de-emphasize de-emphasise destress
verb
lessen and make more modest
- + New List
"reduce one's standard of living"

type of:
impoverish
verb
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- + New List
"She reduced her niece to a servant"

type of:
degrade demean disgrace put down take down
verb
make less complex
- + New List
"reduce a problem to a single question"

type of:
simplify
verb
reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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type of:
reposition
verb
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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type of:
interchange replace exchange substitute
verb
undergo meiosis
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"The cells reduce"

type of:
divide part separate

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