reduced

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/ɹɪˈdjuːst/ English

Definitions

verb

To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.“to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”
To lose weight.
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.“Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.”
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.“to reduce a province or a fort”

adjective

Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.“the reduced prices in a summer sale”
Discounted in price.“the reduced goods at the sale”
Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.“The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce.”

Related words

Synonyms

inspissate cut decrease lower diminished attenuate attenuated faded rock-bottom weakened bated shrunken shrivelled shriveled small remittent slashed low

Antonyms

Associated

lunch meals reduction emissions price reducing decreased consumption sentence costs poverty increased

Rhymes

boost roost induced introduced deduced reproduced dooced goosed sluiced noosed

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