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decrease

English

  1. 🔊 the act of decreasing or reducing something
  2. 🔊 the amount by which something decreases
  3. 🔊 a change downward
    “there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided”
  4. 🔊 a process of becoming smaller or shorter
  5. 🔊 decrease in size, extent, or range
    “The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester”
  6. 🔊 make smaller
    “He decreased his staff”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 decrecer to decrease
  2. 🔊 decremento decrease, decrement
  3. 🔊 menguar to decrease, diminish
  4. 🔊 ceder to decrease, to lessen, to diminish

Similar words

diminution reduction step-down decrement lessening drop-off decrement diminish lessen fall lessen minify abate abatement abbreviate abbreviation ablate ablation abrade abridge abstract allay alleviate apportion