decrease

make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
the population of the area has decreased radically
the aisles were decreased in height

an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.
a decrease in births
the rate of decrease became greater

late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’.

The plural form of decrease is: decreases.
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It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
decrease is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

German: abnehmen, zurückgehen, Abnahme, Verminderung, Verringerung
Italian: calare, decrescere, diminuire, diminuzione, contrazione, ridurre, abbattimento, riduzione
French: décroître, diminuer, abaissement, réduction, diminution, baisse, décroissement, rétrécir, rapetisser, apetisser
Spanish: decrecer, disminuir, disminución, merma, corte, mermar, menguar, reducción, debilitamiento, mengua, abatimiento, decaimiento, minoración, aminoración
Portuguese: decrescer, diminuir, diminuição, contracção, minguar, abatimento

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Hyphenation of decrease

de-crease

decrease synonyms

Meaning lessening:

Meaning decrement:

Meaning diminution:

Meaning diminish:

Meaning lessen:

Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:

Meaning make or become lower, weaker, or less:

Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:

Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:

Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:

Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:

Meaning (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread:

Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:

Meaning (of tidewater) move away from the land; recede:

Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:

Meaning make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity:

Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:

Meaning undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount:

Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:

Meaning jump or dive quickly and energetically:

Meaning less high in position:

Meaning reduce the size, amount, or quantity of:

Meaning reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:

Meaning become or make less wide:

Meaning improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it:

Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:

Meaning use up the supply or resources of:

Meaning reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree:

Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:

Meaning the action of moving someone or something in a downward direction:

Meaning make or become slack:

Meaning a decline in economic, business, or other activity:

Meaning an act or instance of reducing something, especially expenditure:

Meaning the action or fact of reducing or restricting something:

Meaning the process of becoming smaller:

Meaning the process, fact, or amount of shrinking:

Meaning the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding:

Meaning a small decrease or slight downward trend:

decrease antonyms

Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:

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