"decrease" meaning in All languages combined

See decrease on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

IPA: [ˈdiːkɹiːs] Audio: En-us-decrease.ogg [US]
  1. Abnahme, Verringerung, Rückgang [in - an]
    Sense id: de-decrease-en-noun-sIZI~md3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sdÜ): Abnahme [feminine] (Deutsch), Verringerung [feminine] (Deutsch), Rückgang [masculine] (Deutsch)

Verb [Englisch]

IPA: [dɪˈkɹiːs] Forms: decrease [present], decreases [present], decreased [past], decreasing [present, participle], decreased [past, participle]
Rhymes: iːs
  1. abnehmen, nachlassen, zurückgehen Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: de-decrease-en-verb-ASwbXpY~
  2. verringern, reduzieren, herabsetzen Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-decrease-en-verb-vwuR6k8o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sdÜ): abnehmen (Deutsch), nachlassen (Deutsch), zurückgehen (Deutsch), verringern (Deutsch), reduzieren (Deutsch), herabsetzen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "de",
        "crease"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Over the last ten years we had a decrease in crime.",
          "translation": "Über die letzten zehn Jahre hatten wir einen Rückgang an Kriminalität."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abnahme, Verringerung, Rückgang [in - an]"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈdiːkɹiːs]"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "diminution"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lessening"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "decrement"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "reduction"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "wane"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "waning"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "declension"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ebb"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ebbing"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "subsidence"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "contraction"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "abatement"
    }
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abnahme"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückgang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decrease"
}

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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    },
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    }
  ],
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        "I",
        "you",
        "they"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreases",
      "pronouns": [
        "he",
        "she",
        "it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreased",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreasing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreased",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "de",
        "crease"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
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    {
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        "abnehmen, nachlassen, zurückgehen"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "verringern, reduzieren, herabsetzen"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[dɪˈkɹiːs]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "iːs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "diminish"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lessen"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "wane"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ebb"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "subside"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dwindle"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "contract"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "abate"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "grow less"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "diminish"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "lessen"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "retrench"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "curtail"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "reduce"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "lower"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "make less"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "abnehmen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nachlassen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zurückgehen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "verringern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "reduzieren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "herabsetzen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decrease"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "increase"
    }
  ],
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    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "de",
        "crease"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Substantiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Over the last ten years we had a decrease in crime.",
          "translation": "Über die letzten zehn Jahre hatten wir einen Rückgang an Kriminalität."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abnahme, Verringerung, Rückgang [in - an]"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdiːkɹiːs]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-decrease.ogg",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "diminution"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lessening"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "decrement"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "reduction"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "wane"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "waning"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "declension"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ebb"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ebbing"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "subsidence"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "contraction"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "abatement"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abnahme"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verringerung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rückgang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decrease"
}

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    "Einträge mit Endreim (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decrease",
      "pronouns": [
        "I",
        "you",
        "they"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreases",
      "pronouns": [
        "he",
        "she",
        "it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreased",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreasing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "decreased",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "de",
        "crease"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "abnehmen, nachlassen, zurückgehen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "verringern, reduzieren, herabsetzen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[dɪˈkɹiːs]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "iːs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "diminish"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lessen"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "wane"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ebb"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "subside"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dwindle"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "contract"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "abate"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "grow less"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "diminish"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "lessen"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "retrench"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "curtail"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "reduce"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "lower"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "make less"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "abnehmen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nachlassen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zurückgehen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "verringern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "reduzieren"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "herabsetzen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decrease"
}

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