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Synonyms for "lessening" in English

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  1. lessening:
  2. lessen:

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Detailed Synonyms for lessening in English

lessening:

lessening [the ~] nom

  1. the lessening
    the diminishing; the lessening
  2. the lessening
    – a change downward 1
    the decrease; the lessening; the drop-off
    – a change downward 1
    • decrease [the ~] nom
      • there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided1
    • lessening [the ~] nom
    • drop-off [the ~] nom
      • there was a sharp drop-off in sales1

lessening adj

  1. lessening
    decreasing; diminishing; fading; declining; abating; weakening; subsiding; lessening

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Related Definitions for "lessening":

  1. a change downward1

lessening form of lessen:

to lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)

  1. to lessen
    to decrease; to diminish; to reduce; to curtail; to lessen; to scale down; to dwindle; shrink away; to mark down
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verbe (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verbe (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • shrink away verbe
    • mark down verbe (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  2. to lessen
    dilute
    – lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture 1
    to abate
    – become less in amount or intensity 1
    • abate verbe (abates, abated, abating)
      • The storm abated1
    to weaken
    – become weaker 1
    • weaken verbe (weakens, weakened, weakening)
      • The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days1
    adulterate; to lessen; to become weak; lose strength
    to enervate
    – weaken mentally or morally 1
    • enervate verbe (enervates, enervated, enervating)
    to enfeeble
    – make weak 1
    • enfeeble verbe (enfeebles, enfeebled, enfeebling)
  3. to lessen
    to shrink; to diminish; to decrease; to reduce; to shrivel up; to shrink back; to dwindle; to lessen; to shrivel; to go down; shrink away; to drop
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verbe (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verbe (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verbe (goes down, went down, going down)
    • shrink away verbe
    • drop verbe (drops, dropped, dropping)
  4. to lessen
    – decrease in size, extent, or range 1
    to decrease; to diminish; to fall; to lessen
    – decrease in size, extent, or range 1
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester1
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • fall verbe (falls, fell, falling)
      • The cabin pressure fell dramatically1
      • her weight fell to under a hundred pounds1
      • his voice fell to a whisper1
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  5. to lessen
    – wear off or die down 1
    to subside; to lessen
    – wear off or die down 1
    • subside verbe (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
      • The pain subsided1
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
  6. to lessen
    – make smaller 1
    to decrease; to lessen; minify
    – make smaller 1
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
      • He decreased his staff1
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • minify verbe

Conjugations for lessen:

present
  1. lessen
  2. lessen
  3. lessens
  4. lessen
  5. lessen
  6. lessen
simple past
  1. lessened
  2. lessened
  3. lessened
  4. lessened
  5. lessened
  6. lessened
present perfect
  1. have lessened
  2. have lessened
  3. has lessened
  4. have lessened
  5. have lessened
  6. have lessened
past continuous
  1. was lessening
  2. were lessening
  3. was lessening
  4. were lessening
  5. were lessening
  6. were lessening
future
  1. shall lessen
  2. will lessen
  3. will lessen
  4. shall lessen
  5. will lessen
  6. will lessen
continuous present
  1. am lessening
  2. are lessening
  3. is lessening
  4. are lessening
  5. are lessening
  6. are lessening
subjunctive
  1. be lessened
  2. be lessened
  3. be lessened
  4. be lessened
  5. be lessened
  6. be lessened
diverse
  1. lessen!
  2. let's lessen!
  5. lessened
  6. lessening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

lessen

  1. lessen
    diminish; reduce; lessen

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Related Definitions for "lessen":

  1. decrease in size, extent, or range1
  2. wear off or die down1
  3. make smaller1







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