REDUCING
/ɹɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/
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Definition
/ɹɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/
verb
- To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.“to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”
- To lose weight.
- To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.“Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.”
- To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.“to reduce a province or a fort”
- To bring to an inferior state or condition.“to reduce a city to ashes”
adjective
- That causes reduction.
Source: Wiktionary
