reduced
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. 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."
2. To lose weight.
3. To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
"Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."
4. To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
"to reduce a province or a fort"
5. To bring to an inferior state or condition.
"to reduce a city to ashes"
6. To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
7. To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
8. To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
9. To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
10. To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
11. To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
12. To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
"It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."
13. To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
14. To reform a line or column from (a square).
15. To strike off the payroll.
16. To annul by legal means.
17. To translate (a book, document, etc.).
"a book reduced into English"
Synonyms
≠ Antonyms
1. Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.
"the reduced prices in a summer sale"
2. Discounted in price.
"the reduced goods at the sale"
3. Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.
"The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce."
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