reduce
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
Example
“to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”
Other meanings
To lose weight.
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
“to reduce a sergeant to the ranks”
Synonyms
- cut down
- cut back
- trim
- trim down
- trim back
- cut
Related words
- bioreduce
- cytoreduce
- deuteroreduce
- photoreduce
- reducement
- reducer
- reducetarian
- reductant
- rereduce
- beta reduce
- reduce someone to tears
- reducing agent
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "redūcō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reduce” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.