| deduction | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. deduction, tax deduction, tax write-off | a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket. |
| ~ tax benefit, tax break | a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity. |
| ~ business deduction | tax write-off for expenses of doing business. |
| ~ exemption | a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.).; "additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent" |
| ~ write-down, write-off | (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset. |
| n. (possession) | 2. deduction, discount | an amount or percentage deducted. |
| ~ allowance, adjustment | an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances.; "an allowance for profit" |
| ~ trade discount | a discount from the list price of a commodity allowed by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a merchant. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. deduction, entailment, implication | something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).; "his resignation had political implications" |
| ~ illation, inference | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect). |
| ~ abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning | thinking that is coherent and logical. |
| ~ syllogism | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises. |
| n. (act) | 5. deduction, subtraction | the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).; "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" |
| ~ reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| ~ bite | a portion removed from the whole.; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" |
| ~ withholding | the act of deducting from an employee's salary. |
| n. (act) | 6. deduction, discount, price reduction | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
| ~ reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| depreciation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. depreciation | a decrease in price or value.; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen" |
| ~ reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| n. (possession) | 2. depreciation, wear and tear | decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use. |
| ~ non-cash expense | an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash. |
| ~ financial loss | loss of money or decrease in financial value. |
| ~ straight-line method, straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life. |
| ~ write-down, write-off | (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset. |
| n. (communication) | 3. depreciation, derogation, disparagement | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness, softness | the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).; "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ cold water | disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation.; "she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa" |
| ~ belittling, denigration | a belittling comment. |
| ~ aspersion, slur | a disparaging remark.; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" |
| ~ detraction, petty criticism | a petty disparagement. |
| ~ sour grapes | disparagement of something that is unattainable. |
| ~ condescension, disdain, patronage | a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. |
| ~ calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. |
| ~ darkey, darkie, darky | (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people. |
| ~ boy | (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man.; "get out of my way, boy" |
| ~ jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" |
| ~ tom, uncle tom | (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites. |
| ~ paleface | (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians). |
| ~ poor white trash, white trash | (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished. |
| ~ honkey, honkie, honky, whitey | (slang) offensive names for a White man. |
| ~ coolie, cooly | (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer. |
| ~ oriental, oriental person | a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans). |
| ~ yellow man | offensive term for an Asian man. |
| ~ yellow woman | offensive term for an Asian woman. |
| ~ slant-eye, gook | (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War). |
| ~ injun, red man, redskin | (slang) offensive term for Native Americans. |
| ~ papist | an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy. |
| ~ hymie, kike, sheeny, yid | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew. |
| ~ chinaman, chink | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent. |
| ~ mick, mickey, paddy | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent. |
| ~ dago, ginzo, greaseball, wop, guinea | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent. |
| ~ jap, nip | (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent. |
| ~ spic, spick, spik | (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent. |
| ~ greaser, taco, wetback | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent. |
| ~ boche, jerry, kraut, krauthead, hun | offensive term for a person of German descent. |
| ~ butch, dike, dyke | (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. |
| ~ fag, faggot, fagot, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queer, fairy, pansy, queen | offensive term for an openly homosexual man. |
| ~ half-caste | an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures. |
| ~ half-breed | an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry). |
| ~ indian giver | an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you. |
| ~ caffer, caffre, kafir, kaffir | an offensive and insulting term for any Black African. |
| ~ mammy | an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.. |
| ~ moonie | an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church. |
| ~ nazi | derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.. |
| ~ picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child. |
| ~ shegetz | an offensive term for non-Jewish young man.; "why does she like all those shkotzim?" |
| ~ shiksa, shikse | a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women. |
| ~ gamin, street arab, throwaway | (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets. |
| ~ suit | (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit.; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" |
| ~ tree hugger | derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests. |
| ~ wog | (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia. |
| ~ touchy-feely | (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact). |
| decline | | |
| n. (process) | 1. decline, diminution | change toward something smaller or lower. |
| ~ decrease, decrement | a process of becoming smaller or shorter. |
| ~ decline in quality, worsening, declension, deterioration | process of changing to an inferior state. |
| ~ detumescence | diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen. |
| ~ ebb, ebbing, wane | a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). |
| ~ erosion | a gradual decline of something.; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors" |
| ~ loss | gradual decline in amount or activity.; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business" |
| ~ nosedive | a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline.; "the stock took a nosedive" |
| ~ sinking spell | a temporary decline in health or value. |
| ~ slippage | decline from a standard level of performance or achievement. |
| n. (state) | 2. declination, decline | a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state. |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ disuse, neglect | the state of something that has been unused and neglected.; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" |
| ~ twilight | a condition of decline following successes.; "in the twilight of the empire" |
| ~ wreck | something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation.; "the house was a wreck when they bought it"; "thanks to that quack I am a human wreck" |
| n. (process) | 3. decay, decline | a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current. |
| ~ decrease, decrement | a process of becoming smaller or shorter. |
| ~ exponential decay, exponential return | a decrease that follows an exponential function. |
| n. (object) | 4. declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall | a downward slope or bend. |
| ~ downhill | the downward slope of a hill. |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ steep | a steep place (as on a hill). |
| v. (change) | 5. decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| ~ inflame | become inflamed; get sore.; "His throat inflamed" |
| ~ sicken, come down | get sick.; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" |
| ~ degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | grow worse.; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ impoverish, deprive | take away. |
| ~ fail | get worse.; "Her health is declining" |
| ~ tumble | suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat. |
| ~ drop away, fall away, slip, drop off | get worse.; "My grades are slipping" |
| ~ suffer | get worse.; "His grades suffered" |
| ~ lose, suffer | be set at a disadvantage.; "This author really suffers in translation" |
| ~ retrogress, regress, retrograde | get worse or fall back to a previous condition. |
| ~ turn down | take a downward direction.; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom" |
| v. (possession) | 6. decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down | refuse to accept.; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ dishonor, dishonour | refuse to accept.; "dishonor checks and drafts" |
| ~ bounce | refuse to accept and send back.; "bounce a check" |
| v. (communication) | 7. decline, refuse | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ contract out | refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use. |
| ~ regret | decline formally or politely.; "I regret I can't come to the party" |
| ~ repudiate | refuse to recognize or pay.; "repudiate a debt" |
| ~ disobey | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
| v. (change) | 8. decline, go down, wane | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ dip | go down momentarily.; "Prices dipped" |
| ~ wear on | pass slowly (of time).; "The day wore on" |
| ~ drop | go down in value.; "Stock prices dropped" |
| v. (motion) | 9. decline | go down.; "The roof declines here" |
| ~ drop | to fall vertically.; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" |
| ~ sink, dip | appear to move downward.; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" |
| v. (motion) | 10. correct, decline, slump | go down in value.; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (communication) | 11. decline | inflect for number, gender, case, etc.,.; "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives" |
| ~ inflect | change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language. |
| decrease | | |
| n. (event) | 1. decrease, drop-off, lessening | a change downward.; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ shrinkage, shrinking | process or result of becoming less or smaller.; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" |
| ~ casualty | a decrease of military personnel or equipment. |
| ~ sinking | a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength).; "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs" |
| ~ attrition | a wearing down to weaken or destroy.; "a war of attrition" |
| ~ dwindling, dwindling away | a becoming gradually less.; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family" |
| ~ waning | a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent.; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon" |
| n. (process) | 2. decrease, decrement | a process of becoming smaller or shorter. |
| ~ physical process, process | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states.; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" |
| ~ decay, decline | a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current. |
| ~ decline, diminution | change toward something smaller or lower. |
| ~ desensitisation, desensitization | the process of reducing sensitivity.; "the patient was desensitized to the allergen" |
| ~ narrowing | a decrease in width. |
| ~ slippage | a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping. |
| ~ wastage | the process of wasting. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. decrease, decrement | the amount by which something decreases. |
| ~ amount | the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion.; "an adequate amount of food for four people" |
| ~ free fall, drop, dip, fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" |
| ~ shrinkage | the amount by which something shrinks. |
| n. (act) | 4. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down | the act of decreasing or reducing something. |
| ~ change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something. |
| ~ cut | the act of reducing the amount or number.; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget" |
| ~ mitigation, moderation | the action of lessening in severity or intensity.; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" |
| ~ lowering | the act of causing to become less. |
| ~ cutback | a reduction in quantity or rate. |
| ~ devaluation | the reduction of something's value or worth. |
| ~ devitalisation, devitalization | the act of reducing the vitality of something. |
| ~ mitigation, extenuation, palliation | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. |
| ~ alleviation, easement, easing, relief | the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).; "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" |
| ~ de-escalation | (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war). |
| ~ minimisation, minimization | the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position. |
| ~ depletion | the act of decreasing something markedly. |
| ~ shortening | act of decreasing in length.; "the dress needs shortening" |
| ~ shrinking | the act of becoming less. |
| ~ subtraction, deduction | the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).; "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" |
| ~ deflation | the act of letting the air out of something. |
| ~ discount, price reduction, deduction | the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. |
| ~ rollback | reducing prices back to some earlier level. |
| ~ weakening | the act of reducing the strength of something. |
| ~ depreciation | a decrease in price or value.; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen" |
| ~ contraction | the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope. |
| ~ reverse split, reverse stock split, split down | a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity. |
| ~ amortisation, amortization | the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years. |
| ~ declassification | reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon. |
| ~ tax shelter, shelter | a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings. |
| ~ tax credit | a direct reduction in tax liability (not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket). |
| v. (change) | 5. decrease, diminish, fall, lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ break | diminish or discontinue abruptly.; "The patient's fever broke last night" |
| ~ shrivel, shrink | decrease in size, range, or extent.; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" |
| ~ taper | diminish gradually.; "Interested tapered off" |
| ~ drop off | fall or diminish.; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" |
| ~ vaporize, vanish, fly | decrease rapidly and disappear.; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
| ~ break | fall sharply.; "stock prices broke" |
| ~ ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag | become less intense. |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack | become less in amount or intensity.; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| ~ deflate | become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air.; "The balloons deflated" |
| ~ dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down | become smaller or lose substance.; "Her savings dwindled down" |
| ~ remit | diminish or abate.; "The pain finally remitted" |
| ~ de-escalate | diminish in size, scope, or intensity.; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" |
| ~ devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue | lose in value.; "The dollar depreciated again" |
| ~ shorten | become short or shorter.; "In winter, the days shorten" |
| ~ thin out | become sparser.; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" |
| ~ wane, go down, decline | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ wane | decrease in phase.; "the moon is waning" |
| ~ wane | become smaller.; "Interest in his novels waned" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrescendo | grow quieter.; "The music decrescendoes here" |
| v. (change) | 6. decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ suppress | reduce the incidence or severity of or stop.; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage" |
| ~ mitigate | make less severe or harsh.; "mitigating circumstances" |
| ~ pare, pare down | decrease gradually or bit by bit. |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| ~ boil down, concentrate, reduce | cook until very little liquid is left.; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
| ~ shrink, reduce | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| ~ abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ abate, slake, slack | make less active or intense. |
| ~ lour, lower, turn down | make lower or quieter.; "turn down the volume of a radio" |
| ~ de-escalate, step down, weaken | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.; "de-escalate a crisis" |
| ~ minimize, minimise | make small or insignificant.; "Let's minimize the risk" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ cut | have a reducing effect.; "This cuts into my earnings" |
| ~ slack up, slacken, slack, relax | make less active or fast.; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" |
| ~ diminish, belittle | lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.; "don't belittle your colleagues" |
| subtract | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. deduct, subtract, take off | make a subtraction.; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ carry back | deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period. |
| v. (change) | 2. subtract | take off or away.; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| diminish | | |
| v. (change) | 1. belittle, diminish | lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.; "don't belittle your colleagues" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| dwindle | | |
| v. (change) | 1. dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down | become smaller or lose substance.; "Her savings dwindled down" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| reduce | | |
| v. (change) | 1. bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ shorten | make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration.; "He shortened his trip due to illness" |
| ~ spill | reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail). |
| ~ quench | reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance. |
| ~ cut | have a reducing effect.; "This cuts into my earnings" |
| ~ retrench | make a reduction, as in one's workforce.; "The company had to retrench" |
| ~ slash | cut drastically.; "Prices were slashed" |
| ~ thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ thin | make thin or thinner.; "Thin the solution" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ detract, take away | take away a part from; diminish.; "His bad manners detract from his good character" |
| ~ deflate | reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices.; "deflate the currency" |
| ~ inflate | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value.; "inflate the currency" |
| ~ downsize | reduce in size or number.; "the company downsized its research staff" |
| ~ subtract | take off or away.; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" |
| ~ knock off, shave | cut the price of. |
| v. (change) | 2. reduce | make less complex.; "reduce a problem to a single question" |
| ~ abbreviate | shorten.; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'" |
| ~ simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent.; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives" |
| v. (social) | 3. reduce | bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.; "He reduced the population to slavery" |
| ~ demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" |
| v. (possession) | 4. reduce | simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ interchange, substitute, replace, exchange | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. reduce | lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation.; "She reduced her niece to a servant" |
| ~ demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" |
| v. (change) | 6. boil down, come down, reduce | be the essential element.; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| v. (change) | 7. reduce, shrink | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| ~ scale down, reduce | make smaller.; "reduce an image" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ reef | reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef. |
| ~ miniaturise, miniaturize | design or construct on a smaller scale. |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ depopulate, desolate | reduce in population.; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" |
| ~ downsize | make in a smaller size.; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive" |
| ~ contract | make smaller.; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" |
| v. (possession) | 8. reduce | lessen and make more modest.; "reduce one's standard of living" |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| v. (change) | 9. reduce, scale down | make smaller.; "reduce an image" |
| ~ shrink, reduce | reduce in size; reduce physically.; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" |
| v. (change) | 10. deoxidise, deoxidize, 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. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ benficiate | subject to a reduction process.; "benficiate ores" |
| ~ pole | deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole. |
| v. (change) | 11. reduce, tighten | narrow or limit.; "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| v. (social) | 12. keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate | put down by force or intimidation.; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| ~ crush, oppress, suppress | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.; "The government oppresses political activists" |
| v. (contact) | 13. reduce | undergo meiosis.; "The cells reduce" |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| v. (contact) | 14. reduce | reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site. |
| ~ reposition | place into another position. |
| v. (change) | 15. reduce | destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it. |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| ~ de-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress | reduce the emphasis. |
| ~ obscure | reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa. |
| v. (change) | 16. abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.; "bowdlerize a novel" |
| ~ edit out, edit, cut | cut and assemble the components of.; "edit film"; "cut recording tape" |
| ~ condense, concentrate, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 17. boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (change) | 18. boil down, concentrate, reduce | cook until very little liquid is left.; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. (change) | 19. cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin out | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ water down | make less strong or intense.; "water down the mixture" |
| v. (body) | 20. lose weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin | take off weight. |
| ~ sweat off | lose weight by sweating.; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| subside | | |
| v. (change) | 1. lessen, subside | wear off or die down.; "The pain subsided" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| v. (motion) | 2. subside | sink to a lower level or form a depression.; "the valleys subside" |
| ~ sink, dip | appear to move downward.; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" |
| v. (motion) | 3. settle, subside | sink down or precipitate.; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| v. (motion) | 4. sink, subside | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
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