lessen, v.
(lessened, lessening, lessens)
freq. cnt. 8
(lessened, lessening, lessens)
freq. cnt. 8
decrease in size, extent, or range
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3
decrease diminish fall lessen
sample sentences
"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester""The cabin pressure fell dramatically"
"her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"
"his voice fell to a whisper"
verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
break
shrink, shrivel
taper
drop off
vanish, fly, vaporize
break
ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
weaken
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
shrink, contract
shrink, wither, shrivel, shrivel up
die away, let up, abate, slack off, slack
deflate
dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
remit
de-escalate
depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
shorten
thin out
go down, decline, wane
wane
wane
slow, slow down, decelerate, slow up, retard
decrescendo
hypernym
make smaller
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
decrease lessen minify
sample sentences
"He decreased his staff"verb frames
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semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
suppress
mitigate
pare, pare down
limit, circumscribe, confine to
reduce, boil down, concentrate
shrink, reduce
shorten, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce
slake, abate, slack
lower, turn down, lour
weaken, de-escalate, step down
minimize, minimise
reduce, cut, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, bring down
cut
slacken, slack, slack up, relax
diminish, belittle
wear off or die down
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
lessen subside
sample sentences
"The pain subsided"verb frames
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verb frames
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