decrease

Words with a similar base: decrease

'decrease'

[decrease.n.01] as in: a change downward

Examples:
there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
there was a sharp drop-off in sales

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decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, subside, slump, cliff

decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, drop_off, fall_asleep, drop, fall_back, slip

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addition, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase

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change, entity

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shrinking, attrition, waning, casualty, dwindling, sinking

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abridge, addition, boil_down, cause_to_sleep, decline, decrease, deoxidize, dilute, ebb, fall_asleep, fall_back, increase, lag, lose, loss, misplace, miss, passing, personnel_casualty, reduce, relapse, repress, shrink, suffer, wan, wane, waning

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'decrease'

[decrease.n.02] as in: a process of becoming smaller or shorter

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decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease

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addition, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase

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process, entity

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decay, slippage, wastage, desensitization, narrowing, decline

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absorb, addition, adopt, catch, collect, constrict, constricting, consume, decrease, gain, gull, increase, minute, narrow, narrow-minded, narrowing, pin_down, receive, specialize, take_in, tapered, watch

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'decrease'

[decrease.n.03] as in: the amount by which something decreases

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decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease

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addition, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase

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amount, entity

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drop, shrinkage

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addition, decrease, increase

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'decrease'

[decrease.n.04] as in: the act of decreasing or reducing something

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decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decline, diminution, reduction, reduction

decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, reduce, reduce, reduce, reduce, reduce, reduce, shrink, reduce, reduce, deoxidize, reduce, repress, reduce, reduce, reduce, abridge, boil_down, reduce, dilute, reduce, leave_office, de-escalate

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addition, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase

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change_of_magnitude, entity

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subtraction, depletion, rollback, easing, shrinking, cutback, weakening, depreciation, devaluation, de-escalation, tax_shelter, shortening, declassification, reverse_split, extenuation, minimization, amortization, devitalization, lowering, discount, deflation, cut, contraction, moderation, tax_credit

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abridge, addition, boil_down, compress, compression, condense, contract, contraction, dampen, de-escalate, debilitative, declassification, decline, decrease, deflate, deflation, deoxidize, depreciation, dilute, diminution, disinflation, disparagement, fall_back, increase, lag, leave_office, lose, loss, minimization, misplace, miss, narrow, passing, personnel_casualty, reduce, relapse, repress, sabotage, shrink, sign, subtraction, suffer, weaken, weakening

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'decrease'

[decrease.v.01] as in: decrease in size, extent, or range

Examples:
The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
The cabin pressure fell dramatically
her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
his voice fell to a whisper

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decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, diminish, subside, fall, spill, fall, descent, fall, fall, fall, capitulation, twilight, fall, drop, drop, fall, descend, fall, fall, precipitate, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, accrue, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, hang, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall

decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decline, diminution, fall, spill, fall, descent, fall, fall, fall, capitulation, twilight, fall, drop, drop, fall, descend, fall, fall, precipitate, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, accrue, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, hang, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall

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addition, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase

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change_magnitude, change

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decelerate, boil_down, shrink, thin_out, taper, vanish, drop_off, abate, dwindle, shrink, decline, break, de-escalate, shorten, wane, decrescendo, depreciate, deflate, ease_up, wane, weaken, break, remit, shrivel

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abridge, accrue, act, addition, adjust, affect, arrange, be_active, bent, bowdlerize, capitulation, change, compress, condense, condescend, contract, dampen, de-escalate, decelerate, decline, decrease, decrescendo, deepen, deflate, depart, deprecate, depreciate, derive, descend, descent, determine, determined, deviate, diminution, dress, drop, ebb, exchange, fall, fit, fix, fixed, flinch, fructify, go, go_to_bed, hand_over, hang, hardened, hardening, increase, jell, laid, leave, lie_down, lineage, located, motion, motivate, move, narrow, origin, place, plant, precipitate, psychiatrist, put, put_on, rig, sabotage, seat, set, set_up, shorten, shrink, shrivel, sic, sidetrack, sign, sit, sit_down, specify, spill, stage_set, switch, transfer, travel, turn_in, twilight, typeset, variety, wane, weaken

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'decrease'

[decrease.v.02] as in: make smaller

Examples:
He decreased his staff

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decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, subside

decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease, decrease

≠

addition, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase, increase

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change

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abridge, reduce, cut, slack, turn_down, reduce, pare, mitigate, limit, shrink, de-escalate, diminish, minimize, suppress, slake

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abridge, addition, compress, condense, contract, de-escalate, decrease, increase, minimize, narrow, shrink, sign, understate

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Origins

					decrease (English)
└── descreistre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    ├── decrescere (Latin)
    └── decresco (Latin)

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