decrease
to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.: During the ten-day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly.
to make less; cause to diminish: to decrease one's work load.
the act or process of decreasing; condition of being decreased; gradual reduction: a decrease in sales;a decrease in intensity.
the amount by which a thing is lessened: The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.
Origin of decrease
1synonym study For decrease
Other words for decrease
1 | wane, lessen, fall off, decline, contract, abate |
3 | abatement, decline, subsidence, shrinking, dwindling, ebbing |
Opposites for decrease
Other words from decrease
- un·de·creased, adjective
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How to use decrease in a sentence
Oxygen levels will be decreased to accommodate fewer people.
The trend of decreased interest among younger voters and increased among older appears to be accelerating this year.
“Over the past year, the federal prison population has decreased by 4,800,” he said.
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“This company is very sound,” the company's 69-year-old CEO Mike Jeffries said, despite decreased sales.
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Uric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddRed corpuscles and hemoglobin are commonly decreased together, although usually not to the same extent.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd(b) In secondary anemia plaques are generally increased, although sometimes decreased.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd(c) They are decreased in chronic lymphatic leukemia, and greatly increased in the myelogenous form.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn the former it is usually much decreased; in the latter, generally much increased.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for decrease
to diminish or cause to diminish in size, number, strength, etc
the act or process of diminishing; reduction
the amount by which something has been diminished
Origin of decrease
1Derived forms of decrease
- decreasing, adjective
- decreasingly, adverb
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