English dictionary
reduce
verbPronunciation
ɹɪˈdjuːs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
verb
- take off weight
verb
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
verb
- narrow or limit
verb
- cook until very little liquid is left
verb
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
verb
- be the essential element
verb
- 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
verb
- make smaller
verb
- reduce in size; reduce physically
verb
- make less complex
verb
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
verb
- cut down on; make a reduction in
verb
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
verb
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
verb
- undergo meiosis
verb
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
verb
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
verb
- lessen and make more modest
verb
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
verb
- put down by force or intimidation
Example sentences
cut bourbon
reduce the influx of foreigners
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
The sauce should reduce to one cup
The proposal boils down to a compromise
reduce an image
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Can you shrink this image?
reduce a problem to a single question
The manuscript must be shortened
reduce your daily fat intake
The employer wants to cut back health benefits
The cells reduce
She reduced her niece to a servant
reduce one's standard of living
He reduced the population to slavery
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land