reduce
Significado (inglés)
- 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.).
Sinónimos
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
equivalent to
force down
grow thin
lose flesh
make a stroke
operate on
slice up
snip off
take a short cut
cut and hang down
cut shorter
deacidize
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
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɹɪˈdjuːs/
Etimoloxía (inglés)
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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