reduce

Meaning

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

Concepts

reduce

decrease

diminish

lessen

lower

shorten

cut

shrink

abate

contract

curtail

cut down

abridge

bring down

decline

weaken

boil down

make smaller

minimize

subdue

lose weight

thin

scale down

alleviate

ease

mitigate

abbreviate

slacken

trim

retrench

drop

allay

moderate

discount

subside

concentrate

convert

transform

limit

make less

downsize

deduct

subtract

go down

loosen

tighten

subjugate

slim

deoxidise

deoxidize

cut back

make small

alter

restrict

modify

change

draw in

abase

degrade

pull down

relieve

compress

condense

dwindle

soften

pare

shave

whittle

thin down

slash

cut out

lighten

foreshorten

simplify

melt off

slenderize

slim down

thin out

decoct

come down

trim back

trim down

keep down

quash

circumscribe

contain

stint

fall

destroy

ruin

run down

assuage

palliate

constrict

attenuate

narrow

prune

economize

withdraw

recede

prune out

drop off

be less active

relax

damp

diet

starve

extenuate

rebate

overmaster

sacrifice

sell out

dilute

repress

conquer

bate

transmute

confine

scant

tone down

be lowered

be reduced

dragoon

pare down

miniaturize

mute

qualify

scrape

vary

less

wane

couch

cry down

cut up

debase

demean

demolish

deprave

discredit

draw

draw a line

humble

humiliate

let down

look down

make a stroke

mortify

pull to pieces

roll out

streak

wreck

write down

compact

pack

tamp

abrogate

exclude

appease

check

extinguish

overcome

quench

suppress

mollify

annihilate

burn

detract from

dismiss

knock

pooh-pooh

understate

drop down

empty

offload

unburden

unload

unpack

cut short

crossout

plane

scrape off

sharpen

cross out

erase

remove

cut and hang down

cut shorter

economise

reduce the price

cease

die down

give up

stop

draw back

huddle

retract

save

harden

tense

dry out

lesson

be lenient

cut off

take a short cut

be less important

lover

abstain

fast

narrow down

demote

thicken

underfeed

undernourished

set

depress

recall

skeletonize

emaciate

decimate

kill off

commute

divert

cramp

crib

localise

localize

scotch

straiten

droop

contraction

depletion

depreciation

minification

shortening

decrement

back-folding

equivalent to

refer

corrected

austerity

compression

condensation

restraint

deacidize

deoxidation

recondition

reducing

reduction

restore

regulate

temper

knock off

force down

deplete

loose

get rid of

remedy

dim

restrain

downgrade

flatten

relegate

oppress

subject

subordinate

concoct

beat

beat out

interrupt

overthrow

quell

smash

upset

vanquish

cross

carve

cut away

cut to

edit

edit out

fix

jab

mow

nip off

operate on

pierce

pinch

resect

scissor

sever

shear

slice

slice up

slit

snip

snip off

spay

stab

tease

traverse

reef

shallow

ache

boss

browbeat

clamp

coerce

compel

drive

enforce

force

hale

impel

intimidate

make

press

sandbag

beneficiate

benficiate

minify

take in

obscure

astringe

brail

overbear

ax

axe

detract

dock

expense

factor out

hold down

rationalise

rationalize

taper

throttle

expunge

become less

become thin

level down

mark down

slow down

small

lack

become smaller

shrivel

ease off

ease up

reduction decrease

knock down

lour

downscale

grow thin

lose flesh

decreased

allot

divide

decide

form

judge

kill

style

deflate

flinch

remission

control

want

burn out

cease burning

lambaste

bound

epitomize

die away

remit

devolve

metamorphose

recast

remodel

remold

reorganize

transfigure

amend

overrule

dampen

muffle

minimise

put down

deduction

dismount

bring

fetch

equalize

watch

clip

pare off

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈdjuːs/

Etymology

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