"attrition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈtɹɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attrition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: attritions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: 15th century, learned borrowing from Latin attritio (“a rubbing against”), from the verb attritus, past participle of atterere (“to wear”), from ad- (“to, towards”) + terere (“to rub”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{lbor|en|la|attritio|nocap=1|t=a rubbing against}} learned borrowing from Latin attritio (“a rubbing against”), {{m|la|attritus}} attritus, {{m|la|atterere|t=to wear}} atterere (“to wear”), {{compound|la|ad-|terere|nocat=1|t1=to, towards|t2=to rub}} ad- (“to, towards”) + terere (“to rub”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} attrition (countable and uncountable, plural attritions)
  1. Grinding down or wearing away by friction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wearing by friction): изтъркване (iztǎrkvane) (Bulgarian), изтриване (iztrivane) (Bulgarian), 磨損 (Chinese Mandarin), 磨损 (mósǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), slijtage (Dutch), sleet [masculine] (Dutch), forfrotiĝo (Esperanto), kuluminen (Finnish), hiertyminen (Finnish), usure [feminine] (French), Verschleiß [masculine] (German), Abnutzung [feminine] (German), Abrieb [masculine] (German), Zermürbung [feminine] (German), Abreibung [feminine] (German), Abschürfung [feminine] (German), τριβή (triví) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧שחיקה⁩ (shkhika) (Hebrew), kopás (Hungarian), felőrlődés (Hungarian), felmorzsolódás (Hungarian), 磨耗 (mamō) (Japanese), attritio [feminine] (Latin), три́ење (tríenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), abrasion [feminine] (Occitan), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), atrito [masculine] (Portuguese), истира́ние (istiránije) [neuter] (Russian), стира́ние (stiránije) [neuter] (Russian), тре́ние (trénije) [neuter] (Russian), istiranje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), habanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), abrasión [feminine] (Spanish), nötning [common-gender] (Swedish), förslitning [common-gender] (Swedish), yıpratma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-9c7Rl3mM Disambiguation of 'wearing by friction': 53 5 4 6 5 18 10
  2. The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (employment reduction by natural causes): natural wastage Translations (gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource): ⁧اِسْتِنْزَاف⁩ (istinzāf) [masculine] (Arabic), vervliegen (Dutch), uitputting (Dutch), malkreskado (Esperanto), rapautuminen (english: intangible) (Finnish), hävikki (english: tangible) (Finnish), Schwund [masculine] (German), Verlust [masculine] (German), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), ameniment [masculine] (Occitan), amermament [masculine] (Occitan), osipanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), rasap [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), utmattning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-VdiuLyJP Disambiguation of 'employment reduction by natural causes': 10 32 17 8 7 6 21 Disambiguation of 'gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource': 4 63 22 3 2 2 5
  3. (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Human resources Translations (reduction in membership or personnel): vrijwillig ontslag (Dutch), natuurlijke afvloeiing [feminine] (Dutch), malkreskado (Esperanto), poistuma (Finnish), départs volontaires [masculine] (French), Abgang [masculine] (German), Arbeitskräfteabgang [masculine] (German), natürlicher Abgang [masculine] (German), felőrlés (Hungarian), felmorzsolás (Hungarian), lemorzsolódás (Hungarian), 消耗 (shōmō) (Japanese), defeccion [feminine] (Occitan), reduccion [feminine] (Occitan), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), but see zmniejszenie [neuter] (Polish), у́быль персона́ла (úbylʹ personála) (Russian), osipanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), avfall [neuter] (Swedish), bortfall [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-ko6zlOT6 Disambiguation of 'reduction in membership or personnel': 3 15 65 2 3 2 9
  4. (sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (loss of participants during an experiment): verloop [neuter] (Dutch), kato (Finnish), attritio (Finnish), Schwund [masculine] (German), defeccion [feminine] (Occitan), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), osipanje (Serbo-Croatian), deserción [feminine] (Spanish), bortfall [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-hsdfjTAa Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'loss of participants during an experiment': 2 2 2 79 1 2 12
  5. (theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theology Translations (theology: imperfect contrition or remorse): attritio (Finnish), unvollkommene Reue [feminine] (German), doilíos [masculine] (Irish), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), atricija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), atrición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-H4t9VaAh Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'theology: imperfect contrition or remorse': 3 2 2 2 80 2 8
  6. (dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dentistry Translations (wearing of teeth): forfrotiĝo (Esperanto), attritio (Finnish), Abnutzung [feminine] (German), Abrieb [masculine] (German), φθορά (fthorá) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧שחיקת שיניים⁩ (shkhikat shina'im) (Hebrew), ᐊᓐᓂᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ (anniroqpallianiq) (Inuktitut), abrasion [feminine] (Occitan), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), trošenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), abrazija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), atricija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), desgaste dental [masculine] (Spanish), nötning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-wBVFav0t Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'wearing of teeth': 17 2 2 2 3 69 5
  7. (linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language): perdo (Esperanto), attritio (Finnish), taantuminen (english: partial) (Finnish), menettäminen (english: total) (Finnish), Verlust [masculine] (German), Sprachverlust [masculine] (German), atricion [feminine] (Occitan), förlust [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-noun-fMAcKFQO Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language': 1 4 1 3 1 4 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attrit, attrite, attritional, attritionary, attrition bias, attrition damage, attrition warfare, attritive, war of attrition Related terms: contrition

Verb

IPA: /əˈtɹɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attrition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: attritions [present, singular, third-person], attritioning [participle, present], attritioned [participle, past], attritioned [past]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: 15th century, learned borrowing from Latin attritio (“a rubbing against”), from the verb attritus, past participle of atterere (“to wear”), from ad- (“to, towards”) + terere (“to rub”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{lbor|en|la|attritio|nocap=1|t=a rubbing against}} learned borrowing from Latin attritio (“a rubbing against”), {{m|la|attritus}} attritus, {{m|la|atterere|t=to wear}} atterere (“to wear”), {{compound|la|ad-|terere|nocat=1|t1=to, towards|t2=to rub}} ad- (“to, towards”) + terere (“to rub”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} attrition (third-person singular simple present attritions, present participle attritioning, simple past and past participle attritioned)
  1. (transitive) To grind or wear down through friction. Tags: transitive Synonyms: attrit Translations (to grind or wear down through friction): kuluttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-verb-hSQRvv8p Disambiguation of 'to grind or wear down through friction': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out). Tags: transitive Translations (to reduce jobs or workers by not hiring): vähentää luonnollisen poistuman kautta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-verb-9G9Mq651 Disambiguation of 'to reduce jobs or workers by not hiring': 7 91 2
  3. (intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number. Tags: intransitive Translations (to undergo a reduction in number): vähentyä (Finnish), karsiutua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-attrition-en-verb-H~YYjnwe Disambiguation of 'to undergo a reduction in number': 1 3 96

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource",
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          "sense": "gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource",
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          "word": "Schwund"
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          "sense": "gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "word": "lemorzsolódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōmō",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "word": "消耗"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "but see zmniejszenie"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úbylʹ personála",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "word": "у́быль персона́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "osipanje"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "avfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reduction in membership or personnel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bortfall"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "loss of participants during an experiment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "verloop"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loss of participants during an experiment",
      "word": "kato"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loss of participants during an experiment",
      "word": "attritio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loss of participants during an experiment",
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      "word": "Schwund"
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loss of participants during an experiment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deserción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loss of participants during an experiment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bortfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "theology: imperfect contrition or remorse",
      "word": "attritio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "theology: imperfect contrition or remorse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unvollkommene Reue"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "theology: imperfect contrition or remorse",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doilíos"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "theology: imperfect contrition or remorse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atricion"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "theology: imperfect contrition or remorse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atricija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: imperfect contrition or remorse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atrición"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "word": "forfrotiĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "word": "attritio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abnutzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abrieb"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fthorá",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φθορά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shkhikat shina'im",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
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    },
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      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "anniroqpallianiq",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "word": "ᐊᓐᓂᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abrasion"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
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      ],
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
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      "word": "trošenje"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abrazija"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wearing of teeth",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verlust"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "sv",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "förlust"
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}

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        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Herbert S. White, “The Future of Library and Information Science Education”, in Librarians and the Awakening from Innocence,, Boston: G.K. Hall, page 86",
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        "To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out)."
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        "(transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out)."
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        "(intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to grind or wear down through friction",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reduce jobs or workers by not hiring",
      "word": "vähentää luonnollisen poistuman kautta"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to undergo a reduction in number",
      "word": "vähentyä"
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      "sense": "to undergo a reduction in number",
      "word": "karsiutua"
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}

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