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{
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{
"english": "become larger",
"sense": "antonym(s) of",
"word": "go up"
},
{
"word": "grow"
},
{
"word": "increase"
},
{
"word": "rise"
},
{
"english": "rapidly",
"word": "soar"
},
{
"english": "rapidly",
"word": "shoot up"
},
{
"english": "make larger",
"sense": "antonym(s) of",
"word": "increase"
},
{
"word": "increment"
},
{
"word": "raise"
},
{
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "up"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "decreasing function"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "decreasing term assurance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "monotonic decreasing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "non-decreasing"
}
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱer- (grow)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "decresen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English decresen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "discresen"
},
"expansion": "discresen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "xno",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "descreistre"
},
"expansion": "Old French descreistre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "décroître"
},
"expansion": "décroître",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "decrescere"
},
"expansion": "Latin decrescere",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "decreases",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "decreasing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "decreased",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "decreased",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:decrease",
"word": "plummet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:decrease",
"word": "plunge"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "decretion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "increase"
}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The quality of our products has decreased since the main designer left.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a quantity, to become smaller."
],
"id": "en-decrease-en-verb-caVtYEgE",
"links": [
[
"smaller",
"smaller"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "drop"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿokʿranal",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "փոքրանալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasel",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "պակասել"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "koma",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "কমা"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "bāṣēr",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "ܒܵܨܹܪ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "azalmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"with-ablative"
],
"word": "düşmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljávam se",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "намаля́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "decréixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàjiàng",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "下降"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "formindske"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "forringe"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "afnemen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "malpliiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "malaltiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "vähentyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "pienentyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "pienetä"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "vähetä"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuír"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "minguar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "affluscià"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "schwiine"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "meiónomai",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "μειώνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ligostévo",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "λιγοστεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "minúthō",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "μινύθω"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pakhát",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "פחת"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "csökken"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "calare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"alt": "げんしょうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "genshō suru",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "減少する"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"alt": "へる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "heru",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "減る"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "azaü",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "азаю"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kem kirdin",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "کەم کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "pāitiiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "discresen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "forminske"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "forringe"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâstan",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "کاستن"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "reduzir"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "descrește"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "scădea"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snižátʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "снижа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snízitʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сни́зиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponižátʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "понижа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponízitʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пони́зиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "calai"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "menguai"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "menguare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "minimare"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "miminà"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "abbracà"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "mermar"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "minska"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "azalmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 24",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "düşmek"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (a quantity) smaller."
],
"id": "en-decrease-en-verb-s1Pyt5W-",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller."
],
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{
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"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "abate"
}
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "komüa",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "কমোৱা"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "mabṣir",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ܡܲܒܨܸܪ"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "azaltmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljávam",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "намаля́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "snížit"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "malpliigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "malaltigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "vähentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "pienentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "réduire"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "minguar"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuír"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "verringern"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "meióno",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "μειώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "elattóno",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ελαττώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hifkhít",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "הפחית"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "csökkent"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "vähentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "far calare"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ribassare"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "decrementare"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"alt": "げんしょうさせる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "genshō saseru",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "減少させる"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"alt": "へらす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "herasu",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "減らす"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kem kirdin",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "کەم کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "discresen"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "reduzir"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "make smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹ",
"sense": "make smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшить"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponižátʹ",
"sense": "make smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "понижа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "41 59",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponízitʹ",
"sense": "make smaller",
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"text": "Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To make (a quantity) smaller."
],
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"(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/dɪˈkɹiːs/",
"tags": [
"verb"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdiːkɹiːs/",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːs"
},
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"enpr": "dĭkrēs'",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
"enpr": "dē'krēs",
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"noun"
]
}
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"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "drop"
},
{
"word": "fall"
},
{
"word": "go down"
},
{
"english": "rapidly",
"word": "plummet"
},
{
"english": "rapidly",
"word": "plunge"
},
{
"word": "reduce"
},
{
"word": "shrink"
},
{
"word": "sink"
},
{
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "abate"
},
{
"word": "cut"
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{
"word": "decrement"
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{
"word": "lower"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:decrease",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:decrease",
"word": "diminish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:decrease",
"word": "lessen"
}
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿokʿranal",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "փոքրանալ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasel",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "պակասել"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "koma",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "কমা"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "bāṣēr",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "ܒܵܨܹܪ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "azalmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "düşmək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljávam se",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "намаля́вам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "decréixer"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàjiàng",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "下降"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "formindske"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "forringe"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "afnemen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "malpliiĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "malaltiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "vähentyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "pienentyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "pienetä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "vähetä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuír"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "minguar"
},
{
"code": "sdn",
"lang": "Gallurese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "affluscià"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "abnehmen"
},
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"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "meiónomai",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "μειώνομαι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ligostévo",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "λιγοστεύω"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "minúthō",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "μινύθω"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pakhát",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "פחת"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "csökken"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "calare"
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"alt": "げんしょうする",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "genshō suru",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "減少する"
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"alt": "へる",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "heru",
"sense": "become smaller",
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"code": "kk",
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"roman": "azaü",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "азаю"
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kem kirdin",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "کەم کردن"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
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"word": "pāitiiti"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "discresen"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "forminske"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "forringe"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâstan",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "کاستن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "reduzir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "descrește"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "scădea"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snižátʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "снижа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "понижа́ться"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponízitʹsja",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пони́зиться"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "calai"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "menguai"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "menguare"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "become smaller",
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"word": "minimare"
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{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "miminà"
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{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "abbracà"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "mermar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "minska"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "azalmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "become smaller",
"word": "düşmek"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "komüa",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "কমোৱা"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "mabṣir",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ܡܲܒܨܸܪ"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "azaltmaq"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljávam",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "намаля́вам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "snížit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "malpliigi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "malaltigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "vähentää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "pienentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "réduire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "minguar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuír"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "verringern"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "meióno",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "μειώνω"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "elattóno",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ελαττώνω"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make smaller",
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"code": "io",
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"word": "diminutar"
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"code": "izh",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "far calare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
"word": "ribassare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make smaller",
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"code": "it",
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"alt": "げんしょうさせる",
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"alt": "へらす",
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
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"sense": "make smaller",
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"code": "enm",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "vi",
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"(knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting)."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈkɹiːs/",
"tags": [
"verb"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdiːkɹiːs/",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːs"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-decrease.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-us-decrease.ogg/En-us-decrease.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-us-decrease.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "dĭkrēs'",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
},
{
"enpr": "dē'krēs",
"tags": [
"noun"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "cut"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "decline"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "decrement"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "drop"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "fall"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "loss"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "lowering"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "reduction"
},
{
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "shrinkage"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavane",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "намаляване"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namalenie",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "намаление"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disminució"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decreixença"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "lasku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "vähenemä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "vähennys"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diminución"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mingua"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "devalo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verringerung"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eláttōsis",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "ἐλάττωσις"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "csökkenés"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laghdú"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diminuzione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ribasso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riduzione"
},
{
"alt": "げんしょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "genshō",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dēcrēmentum"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "ero"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "forringelse"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"note": "of wealth",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "æfwela"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kâheš",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "کاهش"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spadek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ubytek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "redução"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diminuição"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "yawyay"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšénije",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "уменьше́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snižénije",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сниже́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disminución"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"word": "merma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "minskning"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšennja",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зме́ншення"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znýžennja",
"sense": "amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зни́ження"
}
],
"word": "decrease"
}
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