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English
Etymology
From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.
Pronunciation
Verb
decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased)
- (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
The quality of our products has decreased since the main designer left.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.
Synonyms
- (become smaller): drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
- (make smaller): abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish
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Translations
- Altai:
- Southern Altai: астаар (astaar)
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܨܹܪ (bāṣēr)
- Armenian: փոքրանալ (hy) (pʻokʻranal), պակասել (hy) (pakasel)
- Assamese: কমা (koma)
- Azerbaijani: azalmaq (az), düşmək (az) (with ablative)
- Bulgarian: намаля́вам се (namaljávam se)
- Catalan: decréixer (ca), disminuir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 減少 / 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng)
- Danish: formindske, forringe (da)
- Dutch: afnemen (nl), verminderen (nl)
- Esperanto: malpliiĝi, malaltiĝi
- Finnish: vähentyä (fi), pienentyä (fi), pienetä (fi), vähetä (fi)
- French: diminuer (fr)
- Galician: diminuír (gl), minguar (gl)
- Gallurese: affluscià
- German: abnehmen (de)
- Alemannic German: schwiine
- Greek: μειώνομαι (el) (meiónomai), λιγοστεύω (el) (ligostévo)
- Ancient Greek: μινύθω (minúthō)
- Hebrew: פחת (he) (pakhát)
- Hindi: घटना (hi) (ghaṭnā)
- Hungarian: csökken (hu)
- Ido: diminutar (io)
- Irish: laghdaigh
- Italian: diminuire (it), calare (it)
- Japanese: 減少する (ja) (げんしょうする, genshō suru), 減る (ja) (へる, heru)
- Kazakh: азаю (azayuw)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کەم کردن (kem kirdin)
- Lithuanian: mažinti (lt)
- Māori: pāitiiti
- Middle English: discresen
- Norwegian: forminske (no), forringe
- Persian: کاستن (fa) (kâstan)
- Polish: zmniejszać się (pl) impf, zmniejszyć się (pl) pf
- Portuguese: diminuir (pt), reduzir (pt)
- Romanian: descrește (ro), scădea (ro)
- Russian: уменьша́ться (ru) impf (umenʹšátʹsja), уме́ньшиться (ru) pf (uménʹšitʹsja), снижа́ться (ru) impf (snižátʹsja), сни́зиться (ru) pf (snízitʹsja), понижа́ться (ru) impf (ponižátʹsja), пони́зиться (ru) pf (ponízitʹsja)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: calai, menguai
- Logudorese: menguare, minimare
- Sassarese: miminà, abbracà
- Spanish: mermar[se], descrecer (es), decrecer (es), decrementarse
- Swedish: minska (sv)
- Turkish: azalmak (tr), düşmek (tr)
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- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܒܨܸܪ (mabṣir)
- Assamese: কমোৱা (komüa)
- Azerbaijani: azaltmaq (az)
- Bulgarian: намаля́вам (bg) (namaljávam)
- Catalan: disminuir (ca)
- Czech: snížit (cs)
- Dutch: verminderen (nl)
- Esperanto: malpliigi, malaltigi (eo)
- Finnish: laskea (fi), vähentää (fi), pienentää (fi)
- French: diminuer (fr), réduire (fr)
- Galician: minguar (gl), diminuír (gl)
- German: verringern (de)
- Greek: μειώνω (el) (meióno), ελαττώνω (el) (elattóno)
- Hebrew: הפחית (hifkhít)
- Hindi: घटाना (hi) (ghaṭānā)
- Hungarian: csökkent (hu)
- Ido: diminutar (io)
- Ingrian: vähentää
- Irish: laghdaigh
- Italian: diminuire (it), far calare, ribassare (it), ridurre (it), decrementare
- Japanese: 減少させる (ja) (げんしょうさせる, genshō saseru), 減らす (ja) (へらす, herasu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کەم کردن (kem kirdin)
- Middle English: discresen
- Polish: zmniejszać (pl) impf, zmniejszyć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: diminuir (pt), reduzir (pt)
- Russian: уменьша́ть (ru) impf (umenʹšátʹ), уме́ньшить (ru) pf (uménʹšitʹ), понижа́ть (ru) impf (ponižátʹ), пони́зить (ru) pf (ponízitʹ), снижа́ть (ru) impf (snižátʹ), сни́зить (ru) pf (snízitʹ)
- Sardinian:
- Logudorese: mèngua
- Sicilian: abbacari (scn)
- Spanish: mermar (es), decrementar (es)
- Swedish: minska (sv), förringa (sv)
- Turkish: azaltmak (tr), düşürmek (tr)
- Vietnamese: hạ (vi)
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Noun
decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases)
- An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight decrease in sales last year. One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.
- (knitting, crochet) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
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Translations
amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
- Bulgarian: намаляване (bg) n (namaljavane), намаление (bg) n (namalenie)
- Catalan: disminució f, decreixença f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 減少 / 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo)
- Finnish: lasku (fi), vähenemä, vähennys (fi)
- Galician: diminución (gl) f, mingua f, devalo m
- German: Verringerung (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis)
- Hindi: कटौती (hi) f (kaṭautī), घाटा (hi) m (ghāṭā)
- Hungarian: csökkenés (hu)
- Irish: laghdú m
- Italian: diminuzione (it) f, calo (it) m, ribasso (it) m, riduzione (it) f
- Japanese: 減少 (ja) (げんしょう, genshō)
- Latin: dēcrēmentum (la) n
- Māori: ero
- Norwegian: forringelse
- Old English: æfwela m (of wealth)
- Persian: کاهش (fa) (kâheš)
- Polish: spadek (pl) m, ubytek (pl) m
- Portuguese: redução (pt) f, diminuição (pt) f
- Quechua: yawyay
- Russian: уменьше́ние (ru) n (umenʹšénije), сниже́ние (ru) n (snižénije)
- Spanish: disminución (es) f, merma (es)
- Swedish: minskning (sv) c
- Ukrainian: зме́ншення n (zménšennja), зни́ження n (znýžennja)
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