reduce
verb (used with object)
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc..
am reducing
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present progressiveof reduce (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Now I am reducing the detergent amount to less than line 1,” he says.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 23, 2014
You want to be with your sister," he said, suddenly interpreting my thoughts, "and I am reducing my cook to despair.
From Esther : a book for girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
I have altered our course as much as I dared and am reducing speed at emergency rate, but this is the largest swarm of meteorites I have ever seen.
From Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various
