Meaning of decrease | Babel Free

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1. An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
   countable, uncountable
2. Of a quantity, to become smaller
3. A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
   countable, uncountable
4. To make (a quantity) smaller
5. To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
6. An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
7. To grow or cause to grow gradually less:abate, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off), taper (off).
8. A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting)
9. The act or process of decreasing:abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper.
10. to make or become less. Their numbers had decreased over the previous year. verminder, afneem, daal يُقَلِّل، يُنْقِص намалявам diminuir snížit (se), zmenšit (se) abnehmen aftage; mindskes μειώνω, μειώνομαιdisminuir, reducir vähendama, langema تقلیل یافتن؛ کم شدن vähentyä diminuer לְהַפחִית घटना या घटाना smanjiti csökken mengurangi minnka diminuire 減る 서서히 줄다 sumaþinti, sumaþëti samazināt; []mazināties menurun afnemengå ned, avta, minskes zmniejszyć کم شول diminuir a scădea уменьшать zmenšiť (...
11. a growing less. a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment. vermindering, afname, daling تَناقُص، هُبوط، إنْخِفاض намаление diminuição pokles die Abnahme nedgang μείωσηdisminución vähenemine, langus کاهش؛ تقلیل lasku diminutionירידה कमी opadati, jenjati csökkenés penurunan minnkun, lækkun diminuzione 減少 감소 sumaþëjimas samazināšanās; lejupslīde pengurangan afnamenedgang, reduksjonspadek کم diminuição scădere уменьшение pokles zmanjšanje smanjenje [för]minskning, avtagande...
12. disminución; reducción v. decrecer, disminuir, reducir;___ saliva → ___ de saliva o reducción de saliva;
13. The act or process of decreasing.
14. The amount by which something decreases.
15. to diminish or cause to diminish in size, number, strength, etc
16. the act or process of diminishing; reduction

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Examples

“After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight decrease in sales last year.”

“One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.”

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