decrease

English

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: dĭkrēs', IPA: /dɪˈkriːs/, SAMPA: /dI"kri:s/
• (noun) enPR: dē'krēs, IPA: /ˈdiːkriːs/, SAMPA: /"di:kri:s/

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Etymology

From Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

Verb

decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased)

1. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
2. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.

Synonyms

• (become smaller): drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink
• (make smaller): abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce

Antonyms

• (become larger): go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly)
• (make larger): increase, increment, raise, up (informal)

Translations

become smaller

Armenian: փոքրանալ (hy) (p’ok’ranal), պակասել (hy) (pakasel) Bulgarian: намалявам се (bg) Dutch: afnemen (nl) Esperanto: malpliiĝi (eo) German: abnehmen (de) Greek: μειώνομαι (el), λιγοστεύω (el) Hebrew: פחת (he) (pakhát)

Hungarian: csökken (hu) Italian: diminuire (it), calare (it) Kurdish: که‌م کردن Romanian: descrește (ro), scădea (ro) Russian: уменьшиться (ru) (umén'shit'sya) Spanish: disminuir (es) Swedish: minska (sv)

make smaller

Bulgarian: намалявам (bg) Dutch: verminderen (nl) Esperanto: malpliigi (eo) Finnish: laskea (fi), vähentää (fi) French: diminuer (fr), réduire (fr) German: verringern (de) Greek: μειώνω (el), ελαττώνω (el) Hebrew: הפחית (he) (hifkhít)

Hungarian: csökkent (hu) Italian: diminuire, far calare, ribassare, ridurre, decrementare (it) Kurdish: که‌م کردن Russian: уменьшить (ru) (umén'shit'), понизить (ru) (ponízit') Swedish: minska (sv) Turkish: azaltmak (tr) Vietnamese: hạ (vi)

Noun

decrease (plural decreases)

1. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

Synonyms

• (amount by which a quantity is decreased): cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

Antonyms

• (amount by which a quantity is decreased): gain, increase, increment, raise (US, of pay), rise

Translations

amount of decrease

Bulgarian: намаляване (bg) n., намаление (bg) n. Finnish: lasku, vähenemä German: Verringerung (de) f.

Hungarian: csökkenés (hu) Italian: diminuazione di f., calo di m., ribasso di m., riduzione di f. Swedish: minskning (sv) c.

Anagrams

• deceaser