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Definition of reduce (English)

verb

  1. cut down on; make a reduction in
    • reduce your daily fat intake
    • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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  2. make less complex
    • reduce a problem to a single question
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  3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    • He reduced the population to slavery
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  4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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  5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
    • She reduced her niece to a servant
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  6. be the essential element
    • The proposal boils down to a compromise
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  7. reduce in size; reduce physically
    • Hot water will shrink the sweater
    • Can you shrink this image?
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  8. lessen and make more modest
    • reduce one's standard of living
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  9. make smaller
    • reduce an image
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  10. 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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  11. narrow or limit
    • reduce the influx of foreigners
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  12. put down by force or intimidation
    • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
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  13. undergo meiosis
    • The cells reduce
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  14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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  15. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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  16. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    • The manuscript must be shortened
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  17. be cooked until very little liquid is left
    • The sauce should reduce to one cup
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  18. cook until very little liquid is left
    • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
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  19. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
    • cut bourbon
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  20. take off weight
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  21. To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
    sumber: webster1913