reduce

Significado (English)

To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
To lose weight.
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
To bring to an inferior state or condition.
To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
To reform a line or column from (a square).
To strike off the payroll.
To annul by legal means.
(obsolete) To translate (a book, document, etc.).

decrease

diminish

make smaller

abbreviate

make less

make small

trim down

thin down

melt off

trim back

be less active

be reduced

prune out

be lowered

nip off

overbear

pare off

reduce the price

level down

become smaller

cut to

detract from

downscale

equivalent to

factor out

force down

grow thin

lose flesh

make a stroke

operate on

pull to pieces

scotch

slice up

snip off

take a short cut

cut and hang down

cut shorter

deacidize

deoxidation

minification

become less

be lenient

be less important

beneficiate

benficiate

cease burning

back-folding

reduction decrease

abstain

astringe

become thin

crossout

cut away

devolve

drop down

Frecuencia

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ɹɪˈdjuːs/

Inherited from Middle English

reducen

In summary

From Middle English reducen, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + dūcō (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.

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