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| 1. | [ verb ] cut down on; make a reduction in | |
| Synonyms: | cut cut_down cut_back trim_down trim bring_down trim_back | |
| Examples: | "reduce your daily fat intake" "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
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| Related terms: | decrease shorten slash take_away thin_out shave quench deflate retrench inflate cut thin cut trim | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make less complex | |
| Synonyms: | simplify | |
| Examples: | "reduce a problem to a single question" |
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| Related terms: | change simplify abbreviate reduction | |
| 3. | [ verb ] bring to humbler or weaker state or condition | |
| Examples: | "He reduced the population to slavery" |
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| Related terms: | demote | |
| 4. | [ verb ] lower in grade or rank | |
| Examples: | "She reduced her niece to a servant" force somebody into an unpleasant situation |
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| Related terms: | degrade | |
| 5. | [ verb ] be the essential element | |
| Synonyms: | come_down boil_down | |
| Examples: | "The proposal boils down to a compromise" |
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| Related terms: | become | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (mathematics) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another | |
| Related terms: | substitute mathematics | |
| 7. | [ verb ] reduce in size; reduce physically | |
| Synonyms: | shrink | |
| Examples: | "Hot water will shrink the sweater" "Can you shrink this image?" |
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| Related terms: | decrease reef miniaturize depopulate contract shrinking shrink | |
| 8. | [ verb ] make smaller | |
| Synonyms: | scale_down | |
| Examples: | "reduce an image" |
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| Related terms: | blow_up shrink decrease | |
| 9. | [ verb ] lessen and make more modest | |
| Examples: | "reduce one's standard of living" |
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| Related terms: | impoverish | |
| 10. | [ verb ] narrow or limit | |
| Synonyms: | tighten | |
| Examples: | "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
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| Related terms: | restrict | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (chemistry) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | deoxidise deoxidize | |
| Related terms: | oxidize change pole benficiate chemistry reduction | |
| 12. | [ verb ] (politics) put down by force or intimidation | |
| Synonyms: | subdue repress subjugate quash keep_down | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | oppress clamp_down overcomer | |
| 13. | [ verb ] (food) cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces | |
| Synonyms: | concentrate boil_down | |
| Examples: | "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
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| Related terms: | decrease cooking concentrate | |
| 14. | [ verb ] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | |
| Synonyms: | shorten foreshorten abridge cut contract abbreviate | |
| Examples: | "The manuscript must be shortened" |
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| Related terms: | elaborate decrease condense bowdlerize cut condensation contraction abridger | |
| 15. | [ verb ] (food) be cooked until very little is left; as of sauces | |
| Synonyms: | decoct concentrate boil_down | |
| Examples: | "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
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| Related terms: | decrease cooking concentrate | |
| 16. | [ verb ] lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | |
| Synonyms: | dilute cut thin_out thin | |
| Examples: | "cut bourbon" |
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| Related terms: | weaken water_down dilution dilution cutting diluent | |
| 17. | [ verb ] undergo meiosis | |
| Examples: | "The cells reduce" |
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| Related terms: | separate | |
| 18. | [ verb ] (surgery) reposition back to its normal site, as of a broken bone, in surgery | |
| Related terms: | reposition | |
| 19. | [ verb ] take off weight | |
| Synonyms: | lose_weight melt_off slenderize thin slim_down slim | |
| Related terms: | gain change_state sweat_off reducing | |
| Similar spelling: |
Reddic retouch Reddick redux Redus Reetz Reddix |
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