decrease

English

Pronunciation

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• (verb) enPR: dĭkrēs', IPA: /dɪˈkɹiːs/, X-SAMPA: /dI"kr\i:s/
• (noun) enPR: dē'krēs, IPA: /ˈdiːkɹiːs/, X-SAMPA: /"di:kr\i:s/
• 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) (namaljávam se) 
• Catalan: decréixer (ca), disminuir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減少 (cmn), 减少 (cmn) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (cmn) (xiàjiàng)

• Dutch: afnemen (nl)
• Esperanto: malpliiĝi (eo)
• German: abnehmen (de)
• Greek: μειώνομαι (el) (meiónomai), λιγοστεύω (el) (ligostévo)
• Hebrew: פחת (he) (pakhát)
• Hungarian: csökken (hu)
• Italian: diminuire (it), calare (it)
• Japanese: 減少する (ja) (げんしょうする, genshō suru)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: که‌م کردن

• Romanian: descrește (ro), scădea (ro)
• Russian: уменьшаться (ru) (umenʹšátʹsja)  impf., уменьшиться (ru) (uménʹšitʹsja)  pf., снижаться (ru) (snižátʹsja)  impf., снизиться (ru) (snízitʹsja)  pf., понижаться (ru) (ponižátʹsja)  impf., понизиться (ru) (ponízitʹsja)  pf.
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: calai, menguai

  Gallurese Sardinian: affluscià

  Logudorese Sardinian: menguare, minimare

• Sassarese Sardinian: miminà, abbracà
• Spanish: disminuir (es)
• Swedish: minska (sv)

make smaller

• Bulgarian: намалявам (bg) (namaljávam) 
• Catalan: disminuir (ca)
• Czech: snížit (cs)
• Dutch: verminderen (nl)
• Esperanto: malpliigi (eo)
• Finnish: laskea (fi), vähentää (fi)
• French: diminuer (fr), réduire (fr)
• German: verringern (de)
• Greek: μειώνω (el) (meióno), ελαττώνω (el) (elattóno)
• Hebrew: הפחית (he) (hifkhít)
• Hungarian: csökkent (hu)
• Italian: diminuire (it), far calare (it), ribassare (it), ridurre (it), decrementare (it)

• Japanese: 減少させる (ja) (げんしょうさせる, genshō saseru)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: که‌م کردن

• Russian: уменьшать (ru) (umenʹšátʹ)  impf., уменьшить (ru) (uménʹšitʹ)  pf., понижать (ru) (ponižátʹ)  impf., понизить (ru) (ponízitʹ)  pf., снижать (ru) (snižátʹ)  impf., снизить (ru) (snízitʹ)  pf.
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese Sardinian: mèngua

• Spanish: disminuir (es)
• Swedish: minska (sv)
• Turkish: azaltmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: hạ (vi)

Noun

decrease (plural decreases)

1. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
2. (knitting) 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).

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 (namaljavane), намаление (bg) n (namalenie)
• Catalan: disminució (ca) f, decreixença (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減少 (cmn), 减少 (cmn) (jiǎnshǎo)

• Finnish: lasku (fi), vähenemä (fi)
• German: Verringerung (de) f

• Hungarian: csökkenés (hu)
• Italian: diminuzione di f, calo di m, ribasso di m, riduzione di f
• Japanese: 減少 (ja) (げんしょう, genshō)
• Russian: уменьшение (ru) (umenʹšénije) n , снижение (ru) (snižénije) n 
• Spanish: disminución (es) f
• Swedish: minskning (sv) c

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