decrease

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ dramatic, drastic, great, large, marked, sharp, significant, substantial

▪ There has been a sharp decrease in pollution since the law was introduced.

▪ modest, slight, small

▪ gradual, progressive, steady

▪ rapid, sudden

▪ corresponding, relative

▪ Fewer houses are available, but there is no corresponding decrease in demand.

▪ general, overall

▪ threefold, tenfold, etc.

▪ 5%, 25%, etc.

VERB + DECREASE

▪ demonstrate, display, exhibit, indicate, reveal, show

▪ This year's figures show a decrease of 30% on last year.

▪ experience, have, suffer

▪ It is not uncommon to experience a decrease in confidence after a divorce.

▪ report

▪ Half the companies in the survey reported a decrease in sales.

▪ cause, lead to, produce, result in

PREPOSITION

▪ on the decrease

▪ Marriage is still on the decrease.

▪ decrease from … to …

▪ a decrease from 62% to just under half

▪ decrease in

▪ The new treatment led to a huge decrease in the number of deaths.

▪ decrease of

▪ a decrease of 20%
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verb

ADVERB

▪ considerably, dramatically, drastically, greatly, markedly, sharply, significantly, substantially

▪ slightly, somewhat

▪ Spending has decreased slightly this year.

▪ rapidly

▪ progressively, steadily

▪ gradually, slowly

PREPOSITION

▪ by

▪ Crime has decreased by 20%.

▪ from, to

▪ Average family size has decreased from five to three children.

▪ with

▪ The number of quarrels among children decreases with age.

PHRASES

▪ decrease in number, size, value, etc.

▪ The heart gradually decreases in size.

Decrease is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑amount, ↑concentration, ↑confidence, ↑consumption, ↑deficit, ↑density, ↑emission, ↑incidence, ↑length, ↑level, ↑mortality, ↑output, ↑percentage, ↑population, ↑productivity, ↑proportion, ↑rate, ↑size, ↑speed, ↑value, ↑velocity, ↑volume, ↑width

Decrease is used with these nouns as the object: ↑amount, ↑appetite, ↑blood pressure, ↑chance, ↑concentration, ↑cost, ↑diversity, ↑dosage, ↑duration, ↑effectiveness, ↑efficiency, ↑force, ↑frequency, ↑incidence, ↑intake, ↑intensity, ↑level, ↑likelihood, ↑mortality, ↑number, ↑per cent, ↑point, ↑probability, ↑production, ↑productivity, ↑rate, ↑recurrence, ↑reliance, ↑risk, ↑size, ↑stress, ↑temperature, ↑use, ↑voltage, ↑volume, ↑vulnerability, ↑width

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Synonyms:

Diminish (gradually), lessen, wane, decline, ebb, subside, dwindle, contract, abate, grow less, Diminish, lessen, retrench, curtail, reduce, lower, make less, Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction, wane or waning, declension, decline, ebb, ebbing, subsidence, contraction, abatement

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decrease — I noun abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deminutio … Law dictionary
decrease — vb Decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, abate, dwindle denote to make or grow less, but they are not freely interchangeable. Decrease and lessen are often employed in place of any of the others. Decrease normally retains, even in the transitive,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Decrease — De*crease , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decreased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decreasing}.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d[ e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see {Decrease}, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See {Crescent},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
decrease — [dē krēs′, dikrēs′; ] also, & for n. usually [, dē′krēs΄] vi., vt. decreased, decreasing [ME decresen < OFr decreistre < L decrescere < de , from, away + crescere, grow: see CRESCENT] to become or cause to become less, smaller, etc.;… … English World dictionary
Decrease — De*crease , n. [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See {Decrease}, v.] 1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. [1913 Webster] 2. The wane of the moon. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Decrease — De*crease , v. t. To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one s means. [1913 Webster] That might decrease their present store. Prior. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
decrease — [n] diminishing, lessening abatement, compression, condensation, constriction, contraction, cutback, decline, declining, decrescence, depression, diminution, discount, downturn, dwindling, ebb, falling off, loss, reduction, shrinkage, striction,… … New thesaurus
decrease — is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun and on the second syllable as a verb … Modern English usage
decrease — ► VERB ▪ make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. ► NOUN 1) an instance of decreasing. 2) the process of decreasing. ORIGIN Latin decrescere, from crescere grow … English terms dictionary
decrease — I UK [diːˈkriːs] / US [dɪˈkrɪs] verb Word forms decrease : present tense I/you/we/they decrease he/she/it decreases present participle decreasing past tense decreased past participle decreased ** Other ways of saying decrease: be/go/come down to… … English dictionary
decrease — ▪ I. decrease de‧crease 2 [ˈdiːkriːs] noun [countable, uncountable] the process of reducing something, or the amount by which it reduces: decrease in • The government announced a 25% decrease in the price of fuel. decrease of • Industrial… … Financial and business terms

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