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reduce
Definition of reduce (English)
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cut down on; make a reduction in
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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make less complex
- reduce a problem to a single question
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bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- He reduced the population to slavery
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simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for anothersumber: wordnet30
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lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- She reduced her niece to a servant
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be the essential element
- The proposal boils down to a compromise
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reduce in size; reduce physically
- Hot water will shrink the sweater
- Can you shrink this image?
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lessen and make more modest
- reduce one's standard of living
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make smaller
- reduce an image
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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 electronssumber: wordnet30
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narrow or limit
- reduce the influx of foreigners
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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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undergo meiosis
- The cells reduce
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reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal sitesumber: wordnet30
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destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing itsumber: wordnet30
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reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- The manuscript must be shortened
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be cooked until very little liquid is left
- The sauce should reduce to one cup
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cook until very little liquid is left
- The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
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lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- cut bourbon
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take off weightsumber: wordnet30
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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.sumber: webster1913