reduce

reduce: re|duce [ rı`dus ] verb transitive ***

1. ) to make something smaller or less in size, amount, importance, etc: CUT DOWN:

Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet.

reduce something by something: The workforce will be reduced by around 30 percent.

reduce something from something to something: It has reduced its size from about 135,000 employees to 75,000.

Her lawyers got the charge reduced from murder to manslaughter.

reduce something to the minimum: Risks must be reduced to the absolute minimum.

reduce something in size/number etc.: Their army will be drastically reduced in size and influence.

greatly/significantly reduce something: The new systems should significantly reduce the amount of paper we use.

2. ) to lower the price of something: MARK DOWN:

reduce something to something: All children's shoes are now reduced to $20 a pair.

3. ) to make a sauce thicker and increase its flavor by boiling it

re`duce to phrasal verb transitive

1. ) reduce something to something to make something become a particular thing by destroying it or crushing it:

The fruit is reduced to a pulp and then mixed with sugar.

This beautiful forest has been reduced to a wasteland.

reduce something to rubble/dust/ashes: The building was reduced to rubble by the explosion.

2. ) reduce someone to something to force someone into a particular unpleasant state or situation:

Stress had reduced him to a nervous wreck.

a ) reduce someone to tears/silence to upset or shock someone so much that they cry or are unable to speak

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Synonyms:

Bring, restore / Render, form, mould, make, shape, model, remodel, convert into, resolve into, change into, bring into, bring to / Diminish, contract, lessen, abate, decrease, attenuate, contract, abridge, curtail, shorten, cut short, cut down, make less / Depress, debase, lower, degrade, impair, weaken, dwarf / Subdue, subject, conquer, subjugate, overpower, overthrow, vanquish, master, bring into subjection / Impoverish, ruin, bring to want, bring to poverty / Solve, resolve

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reduce — REDÚCE, redúc, vb. III. tranz. 1. A micşora, a scădea, a diminua (ca proporţii, cantitate, intensitate). ♦ spec. A micşora dimensiunile unei hărţi, ale unei piese etc., păstrând aceleaşi proporţii între elementele componente; a reproduce la… … Dicționar Român
Reduce — Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reduce — re‧duce [rɪˈdjuːs ǁ rɪˈduːs] verb [transitive] to make something less or smaller in price, amount, or size: • Jobs have been cut in order to reduce costs. • Prices have been reduced by 20%. reduce something (from something) to something … Financial and business terms
reduce — re·duce /ri düs, dyüs/ vt re·duced, re·duc·ing 1: to make smaller 2 a: to convert (a chose in action) into a chose in possession enforcement action sought to reduce to possession her property interest in the...determination of money damages… … Law dictionary
Reduce — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda REDUCE es un programa de uso general de álgebra computacional (CAS) encaminado hacia usos en física. Comenzó a ser desarrollado desde la década de 1960 por Anthony Hearn, desde enctonces, muchos científicos de todo… … Wikipedia Español
reduce — ► VERB 1) make or become smaller or less in amount, degree, or size. 2) (reduce to) change (something) to (a simpler or more basic form). 3) (reduce to) bring to (an undesirable state or action). 4) boil (a sauce or other liquid) so that it… … English terms dictionary
reduce — [v1] make less; decrease abate, abridge, bankrupt, bant, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, go on a diet*, impair,… … New thesaurus
reduce — [ri do͞os′, ridyo͞os′] vt. reduced, reducing [ME reducen < L reducere, to lead back < re , back + ducere, to lead: see DUCT] 1. a) to lessen in any way, as in size, weight, amount, value, price, etc.; diminish b) to put into a simpler or… … English World dictionary
reduce — (v.) late 14c., bring back, from O.Fr. reducer (14c.), from L. reducere, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + ducere bring, lead (see DUKE (Cf. duke) (n.)). Sense of to lower, diminish, lessen is from 1787. Etymological sense preserved in military… … Etymology dictionary
reduce — / rɛdutʃe/ s.m. e f. [dal lat. redux ŭcis, der. di ducĕre guidare , col pref. re ]. 1. [chi ritorna dalla guerra] ▶◀ ex combattente. 2. (estens.) [chi è appena uscito da un esperienza negativa, con la prep. da : essere r. da una lunga malattia ] … Enciclopedia Italiana
reduce — 1 *decrease, lessen, diminish, abate, dwindle Analogous words: *shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, retrench: *contract, shrink, condense Contrasted words: *increase, augment, enlarge, multiply: *extend … New Dictionary of Synonyms

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