Word

reduce, v.
(reduced, reduces, reducing)
freq. cnt. 131

cut down on; make a reduction in
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bring down cut cut back cut down reduce trim trim back trim down

sample sentences

"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reductive reduction

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cutback

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

trim

semantic pointers

hyponym

shorten spill quench retrench slash thin out thin detract, take away deflate inflate downsize subtract knock off, shave

hypernym

decrease, lessen, minify

verb group

cut

make less complex
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reduce

sample sentences

"reduce a problem to a single question"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reducible reduction

semantic pointers

hypernym

simplify

hyponym

abbreviate

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
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reduce

sample sentences

"He reduced the population to slavery"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

relegate, demote, bump, break, kick downstairs

be the essential element
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boil down come down reduce

sample sentences

"The proposal boils down to a compromise"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reducible

semantic pointers

hypernym

become, turn

lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
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reduce

sample sentences

"She reduced her niece to a servant"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

demean, take down, degrade, disgrace, put down

simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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reduce

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reducible

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mathematics, math, maths

hypernym

substitute, replace, interchange, exchange

reduce in size; reduce physically
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reduce shrink

sample sentences

"Hot water will shrink the sweater"
"Can you shrink this image?"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shrinkage shrinking

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reduction

semantic pointers

hyponym

reduce, scale down reef miniaturize, miniaturise depopulate, desolate downsize contract

cause

shrink, contract

hypernym

decrease, lessen, minify

narrow or limit
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reduce tighten

sample sentences

"reduce the influx of foreigners"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

limit, confine, restrict, bound, throttle, trammel

to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
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deoxidise deoxidize reduce

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reducing reductant reducer

lexical pointers

antonym

oxidize

lexical pointers

antonym

oxidise

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

chemistry, chemical science

hypernym

change

hyponym

benficiate pole

make smaller
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reduce scale down

sample sentences

"reduce an image"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reducible reduction

antonym

blow up

semantic pointers

hypernym

shrink, reduce

lessen and make more modest
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reduce

sample sentences

"reduce one's standard of living"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

impoverish

take off weight
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melt off reduce slenderize slim slim down thin

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reducing

antonym

gain

semantic pointers

hypernym

turn, change state

hyponym

sweat off

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
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cut dilute reduce thin thin out

sample sentences

"cut bourbon"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dilution dilutant dilution

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thinning thinner

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cutting

semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken

hyponym

water down

cook until very little liquid is left
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boil down concentrate reduce

sample sentences

"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

concentration concentration concentrate

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

cooking, cookery, preparation

hypernym

decrease, lessen, minify

be cooked until very little liquid is left
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boil down concentrate decoct reduce

sample sentences

"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

concentration concentration concentrate

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

cooking, cookery, preparation

hypernym

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten

sample sentences

"The manuscript must be shortened"

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They won't %s the story

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

shortener

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

abridgement abridger

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

abbreviator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

contraction

antonym

expand

semantic pointers

hyponym

bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten concentrate, condense, digest

verb group

edit out, cut, edit

hypernym

decrease, lessen, minify

destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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reduce

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semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

linguistics

hypernym

de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress

hyponym

obscure

reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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reduce

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semantic pointers

hypernym

reposition

undergo meiosis
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reduce

sample sentences

"The cells reduce"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

divide, separate, part

put down by force or intimidation
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keep down quash reduce repress subdue subjugate

sample sentences

"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

repressive repression repression

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

subduer

semantic pointers

hypernym

crush, oppress, suppress