reduce

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reduce
rɪˈdjuːs Listen
Meanings
verb
  • make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
    E.g. the need for businesses to reduce costs
  • bring someone or something to (a worse or less desirable state or condition).
    E.g. she has been reduced to near poverty
  • change a substance to (a different or more basic form).
    E.g. it is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust
  • cause to combine chemically with hydrogen.
    E.g. hydrogen for reducing the carbon dioxide
  • restore (a dislocated part of the body) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery.
    E.g. Joe's reducing a dislocated thumb
  • besiege and capture (a town or fortress).

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