Decrease
[dɪ'kriːs] or [dɪ'kris]
Definition
(noun.) the act of decreasing or reducing something.
(noun.) the amount by which something decreases.
(noun.) a change downward; 'there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided'; 'there was a sharp drop-off in sales'.
(noun.) a process of becoming smaller or shorter.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) make smaller; 'He decreased his staff'.
Edited by Clio--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
(v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
(v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
(v.) The wane of the moon.
Editor: Sonya
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Diminish (gradually), lessen, grow less.
v. a. Diminish, lessen, make less.
n. Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction.
Editor: Timmy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Diminish, lessen, subside, abate, lower, decline, retrench, curtail, reduce,wane
ANT:Increase, grow, amplify, expand, augment, extend, enlarge
Typed by Belinda
Definition
v.i. to become less: to be diminished by degrees in size or power.—v.t. to make less: to lessen gradually.—n. a growing less: loss.—adv. Decreas′ingly.
Edited by Blair
Examples
- Only those who know of the suffering endured in former times can fully appreciate the decrease in pain brought about by the proper use of narcotics. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This heavy oil engine, weighing about five hundred pounds per horse-power, was not adapted to the submarine, and efforts have been made to decrease the weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Not only was her agriculture thereby threatened with a great decrease in crop production but her supply of military explosives was also threatened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Will Inventions Continue to Increase or Decrease. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In tea and distilled spirits there has been a decrease, while the consumption of wines is the smallest of all and has varied but little. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He alleges a visible decrease of the human species which has never been made good in some of the fairest countries of the globe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Grounds of the suspicion that the Value of Silver still continues to decrease. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The yield from both sources has considerably decreased. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To these inventions might be added many others which have increased the efficiency and production of the business world and have decreased the labor and strain of domestic life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Their happiness was not decreased by the absence of summer. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The usual practice in forging is to continue it until the ingot is decreased to one-half its original thickness and is within two inches of the desired diameter of the finished work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Agriculture must have declined, and the population notably decreased through the plagues and distresses from which it had suffered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Decreased Cost of Electricity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But all this while, the cost of electricity has steadily decreased. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One light-measuring scale depends upon the law that the intensity of illumination decreases with the square of the distance of the object from the light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That is what happens when you telephone, but when you realize it the mystery gains rather than decreases. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The pressure at an outlet decreases as the level of the water supply sinks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The power of adjustment in general decreases with age. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As the distance decreases the echo repeats fewer syllables till it becomes monosyllabic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the pressure on the gas increases, its volume decreases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Later, in Section 288, we learned that the strength of the current decreases as the resistance in circuit increases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- One great factor in this change has been the decreasing cost of electricity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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