"decreasing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-decreasing.wav
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: From decrease + -ing (participial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|decrease|-ing|id2=participial|pos2=participial suffix}} decrease + -ing (participial suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} decreasing (not comparable)
  1. On the decrease. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: decreasing function, decreasingly, monotonic decreasing, non-decreasing, nondecreasing, strictly decreasing, strictly decreasing function Translations (on the decrease): decreciente (Asturian), decreixent (Catalan), décroissant (French), decrecente (Galician), decrescente (Italian), decrescente (Portuguese), decreciente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decreasing-en-adj-bRPD~f-l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 29 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 54 22 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 20 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 19 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 69 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 69 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 69 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 53 32 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 19 11

Noun [English]

IPA: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-decreasing.wav Forms: decreasings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: From decrease + -ing (participial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|decrease|-ing|id2=participial|pos2=participial suffix}} decrease + -ing (participial suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} decreasing (plural decreasings)
  1. (knitting) A decrease.
    Sense id: en-decreasing-en-noun-quzT8oI9 Categories (other): Knitting Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles

Verb [English]

IPA: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-decreasing.wav
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: From decrease + -ing (participial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|decrease|-ing|id2=participial|pos2=participial suffix}} decrease + -ing (participial suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} decreasing
  1. present participle and gerund of decrease Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: decrease
    Sense id: en-decreasing-en-verb-z~j5PRDe

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  "word": "decreasing"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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