English

Detailed Synonyms for reduce in English

reduce:

to reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)

  1. to reduce
    to reduce
    • reduce verb (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 verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • curtail verb (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • scale down verb (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • mark down verb (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 verb (confines, confined, confining)
    • limit verb (limits, limited, limiting)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut back verb (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
  5. to reduce
    to lower; to reduce; to mark down
    • lower verb (lowers, lowered, lowering)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • mark down verb (marks down, marked down, marking down)
  6. to reduce
    to trace back; to reduce; to simplify
    • trace back verb (traces back, traced back, tracing back)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • simplify verb (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 verb (transfers, transferred, transferring)
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • move verb (moves, moved, moving)
    • dislocate verb (dislocates, dislocated, dislocating)
    • convert verb (converts, converted, converting)
    • transform verb (transforms, transformed, transforming)
    • remove verb (removes, removed, removing)
    • resolve verb (resolves, resolved, resolving)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • trace back verb (traces back, traced back, tracing back)
    • simplify verb (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 verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verb (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verb (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verb (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verb (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verb (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verb (goes down, went down, going down)
    • drop verb (drops, dropped, dropping)
  9. to reduce
    to diminish; to shrink; to decrease; to reduce
    • diminish verb (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrink verb (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • decrease verb (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  10. to reduce
    to thicken; to concentrate; to reduce; to condense; to boil down
    • thicken verb (thickens, thickened, thickening)
    • concentrate verb (concentrates, concentrated, concentrating)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • condense verb (condenses, condensed, condensing)
    • boil down verb (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 verb, American (minimizes, minimized, minimizing)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • scale down verb (scales down, scaled down, scaling down)
    • crop verb (crops, cropped, cropping)
    • trim verb (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
    • minimise verb, British
  12. to reduce
    to damp; to reduce
    • damp verb (damps, damped, damping)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  13. to reduce
    – take off weight 1
    to reduce; to slim; to thin; to lose weight; slim down; slenderise; slenderize; melt off
    – 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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut verb (cuts, cut, cutting)
      • cut bourbon1
    • dilute verb
    • thin verb (thins, thinned, thinning)
    • thin out verb (thins out, thinned out, thinning out)
  15. to reduce
    – narrow or limit 1
    to reduce; to tighten
    – narrow or limit 1
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce the influx of foreigners1
    • tighten verb (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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time1
    • concentrate verb (concentrates, concentrated, concentrating)
    • boil down verb (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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • The sauce should reduce to one cup1
    • concentrate verb (concentrates, concentrated, concentrating)
    • boil down verb (boils down, boiled down, boiling down)
    • decoct verb
  18. to reduce
    – be the essential element 1
    to reduce; to come down; to boil down
    – be the essential element 1
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • come down verb (comes down, came down, coming down)
    • boil down verb (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; deoxidise; deoxidize
    – 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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce an image1
    • scale down verb (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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrink verb (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 verb (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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut verb (cuts, cut, cutting)
    • contract verb (contracts, contracted, contracting)
    • abbreviate verb (abbreviates, abbreviated, abbreviating)
    • abridge verb (abridges, abridged, abridging)
    • shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
      • The manuscript must be shortened1
  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 down; trim back
    – cut down on; make a reduction in 1
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
      • reduce your daily fat intake1
    • cut verb (cuts, cut, cutting)
    • trim verb (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • cut back verb (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
      • The employer wants to cut back health benefits1
    • cut down verb (cuts down, cut down, cutting down)
    • bring down verb (brings down, brought dowm, bringing down)
    • trim down verb
    • trim back verb
  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 verb (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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  27. to reduce
    – undergo meiosis 1
    to reduce
    – undergo meiosis 1
    • reduce verb (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 verb (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 verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
  30. to reduce
    – lessen and make more modest 1
    to reduce
    – lessen and make more modest 1
    • reduce verb (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 verb (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; keep down; quash
    – put down by force or intimidation 1
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • subdue verb (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
    • subjugate verb
      • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land1
    • repress verb
    • keep down verb
    • quash verb
      • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising1
  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 verb (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