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reduce

UK
/rɪˈdjuːs/
US
/rɪˈduːs/

Translations

reduceverb
reduced
Past Simple
reduced
Past Participle
reducing
Gerund
UK
/rɪˈdjuːs/
US
/rɪˈduːs/
Please reduce the volume of the music.
Пожалуйста, убавьте громкость музыки.
We need to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
Нам нужно уменьшать количество отходов, которые мы производим.
The company plans to reduce its workforce by 10%.
Компания планирует сократить численность сотрудников на 10%.
The government aims to reduce taxes next year.
Правительство стремится снижать налоги в следующем году.
Additional translations
понижать
умалять
Synonyms
cut down
shrink
curtail
lower
lessen
diminish
decrease
trim
minimize
abate
Antonyms
increase

Definitions

reduceverb
To make something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
The company plans to reduce its workforce by 10% this year.
To bring down the price or cost of something.
The store decided to reduce the price of all winter clothing.
To simplify a mathematical expression or equation.
You can reduce the fraction 4/8 to 1/2.
To concentrate or thicken (a liquid, especially a sauce) by boiling or simmering so that water evaporates.
Simmer the broth until it reduces by half.
To lower the rank or status of someone or something.
The officer was reduced in rank after the investigation.
(Chemistry) To cause (a substance) to gain electrons or decrease in oxidation state.
Hydrogen can reduce copper(II) oxide to copper metal.
(Medicine) To restore a fractured or dislocated body part to its normal anatomical position.
The orthopedic surgeon reduced the dislocated shoulder quickly.
To cause someone or something to be in a specified worse state or condition (often followed by "to").
The prolonged drought reduced the farmland to dust.
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