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Detailed Synonyms for reduce in English

reduce:

to reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)

  1. to reduce
    to reduce
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  2. to reduce
    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)
  3. to reduce
    to reduce; make smaller
  4. to reduce
    to confine; to limit; to reduce; to cut back
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • limit verbe (limits, limited, limiting)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut back verbe (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
  5. to reduce
    to lower; to reduce; to mark down
    • lower verbe (lowers, lowered, lowering)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • mark down verbe (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  6. to reduce
    to trace back; to reduce; to simplify
    • trace back verbe (traces back, traced back, tracing back)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • simplify verbe (simplifies, simplified, simplifying)
  7. to reduce
    to transfer; to shift; to move; to dislocate; to convert; to transform; to remove; to resolve; to reduce; to trace back; to simplify
    • transfer verbe (transfers, transferred, transferring)
    • shift verbe (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • move verbe (moves, moved, moving)
    • dislocate verbe (dislocates, dislocated, dislocating)
    • convert verbe (converts, converted, converting)
    • transform verbe (transforms, transformed, transforming)
    • remove verbe (removes, removed, removing)
    • resolve verbe (resolves, resolved, resolving)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • trace back verbe (traces back, traced back, tracing back)
    • simplify verbe (simplifies, simplified, simplifying)
  8. to reduce
    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)
  9. to reduce
    to diminish; to shrink; to decrease; to reduce
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  10. to reduce
    to thicken; to concentrate; to reduce; to condense; to boil down
    • thicken verbe (thickens, thickened, thickening)
    • concentrate verbe (concentrates, concentrated, concentrating)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • condense verbe (condenses, condensed, condensing)
    • boil down verbe (boils down, boiled down, boiling down)
  11. to reduce
    to minimize; to reduce; to scale down; to crop; to trim; to shorten; to minimise
    • minimize verbe, américain (minimizes, minimized, minimizing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • scale down verbe (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • crop verbe (crops, cropped, cropping)
    • trim verbe (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • minimise verbe, britannique
  12. to reduce
    to damp; to reduce
    • damp verbe (damps, damped, damping)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  13. to reduce
    – take off weight 1
    to reduce; to slim; to thin; to lose weight; slim down; slenderize; melt off; slenderise
    – take off weight 1
  14. to reduce
    – lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture 1
    to reduce; to cut; dilute; to thin; to thin out
    – lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut verbe (cuts, cut, cutting)
      • cut bourbon1
    • dilute verbe
    • thin verbe (thins, thinned, thinning)
    • thin out verbe (thins out, thinned out, thinning out)
  15. to reduce
    – narrow or limit 1
    to reduce; to tighten
    – narrow or limit 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce the influx of foreigners1
    • tighten verbe (tightens, tightened, tightening)
  16. to reduce
    – cook until very little liquid is left 1
    to reduce; to concentrate; to boil down
    – cook until very little liquid is left 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time1
    • concentrate verbe (concentrates, concentrated, concentrating)
    • boil down verbe (boils down, boiled down, boiling down)
  17. to reduce
    – be cooked until very little liquid is left 1
    to reduce; to concentrate; to boil down; decoct
    – be cooked until very little liquid is left 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • The sauce should reduce to one cup1
    • concentrate verbe (concentrates, concentrated, concentrating)
    • boil down verbe (boils down, boiled down, boiling down)
    • decoct verbe
  18. to reduce
    – be the essential element 1
    to reduce; to come down; to boil down
    – be the essential element 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • come down verbe (comes down, came down, coming down)
    • boil down verbe (boils down, boiled down, boiling down)
  19. to reduce
    – 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 1
    to reduce; deoxidize; deoxidise
    – 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 1
  20. to reduce
    – make smaller 1
    to reduce; to scale down
    – make smaller 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce an image1
    • scale down verbe (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
  21. to reduce
    – reduce in size; reduce physically 1
    to reduce; to shrink
    – reduce in size; reduce physically 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
      • Hot water will shrink the sweater1
      • Can you shrink this image?1
  22. to reduce
    – make less complex 1
    to reduce
    – make less complex 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce a problem to a single question1
  23. to reduce
    – reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 1
    to reduce; to cut; to contract; to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten; foreshorten
    – reduce in scope while retaining essential elements 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut verbe (cuts, cut, cutting)
    • contract verbe (contracts, contracted, contracting)
    • abbreviate verbe (abbreviates, abbreviated, abbreviating)
    • abridge verbe (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • shorten verbe (shortens, shortened, shortening)
      • The manuscript must be shortened1
    • foreshorten verbe
  24. to reduce
    – cut down on; make a reduction in 1
    to reduce; to cut; to trim; to cut back; to cut down; to bring down; trim back; trim down
    – cut down on; make a reduction in 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce your daily fat intake1
    • cut verbe (cuts, cut, cutting)
    • trim verbe (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • cut back verbe (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
      • The employer wants to cut back health benefits1
    • cut down verbe (cuts down, cut down, cutting down)
    • bring down verbe (brings down, brought dowm, bringing down)
    • trim back verbe
    • trim down verbe
  25. to reduce
    – destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it 1
    to reduce
    – destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  26. to reduce
    – reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site 1
    to reduce
    – reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  27. to reduce
    – undergo meiosis 1
    to reduce
    – undergo meiosis 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • The cells reduce1
  28. to reduce
    – lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation 1
    to reduce
    – lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • She reduced her niece to a servant1
  29. to reduce
    – simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another 1
    to reduce
    – simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  30. to reduce
    – lessen and make more modest 1
    to reduce
    – lessen and make more modest 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce one's standard of living1
  31. to reduce
    – bring to humbler or weaker state or condition 1
    to reduce
    – bring to humbler or weaker state or condition 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • He reduced the population to slavery1
  32. to reduce
    – put down by force or intimidation 1
    to reduce; to subdue; subjugate; repress; quash; keep down
    – put down by force or intimidation 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • subdue verbe (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
    • subjugate verbe
      • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land1
    • repress verbe
    • quash verbe
      • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising1
    • keep down verbe
  33. to reduce
    – In a graphical user interface, to decrease the size of a window. A user can reduce a window either by clicking the appropriate button in the title bar or by clicking the mouse on the border of the window and dragging the border toward the middle of the window. 2
    to reduce
    – In a graphical user interface, to decrease the size of a window. A user can reduce a window either by clicking the appropriate button in the title bar or by clicking the mouse on the border of the window and dragging the border toward the middle of the window. 2
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)

Conjugations for reduce:

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

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Related Definitions for "reduce":

  1. take off weight1
  2. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture1
  3. narrow or limit1
    • reduce the influx of foreigners1
  4. cook until very little liquid is left1
    • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time1
  5. be cooked until very little liquid is left1
    • The sauce should reduce to one cup1
  6. be the essential element1
  7. 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 electrons1
  8. make smaller1
    • reduce an image1
  9. reduce in size; reduce physically1
  10. make less complex1
    • reduce a problem to a single question1
  11. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements1
  12. cut down on; make a reduction in1
    • reduce your daily fat intake1
  13. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it1
  14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site1
  15. undergo meiosis1
    • The cells reduce1
  16. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation1
    • She reduced her niece to a servant1
  17. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another1
  18. lessen and make more modest1
    • reduce one's standard of living1
  19. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition1
    • He reduced the population to slavery1
  20. put down by force or intimidation1
  21. In a graphical user interface, to decrease the size of a window. A user can reduce a window either by clicking the appropriate button in the title bar or by clicking the mouse on the border of the window and dragging the border toward the middle of the window.2

Related Synonyms for reduce