"decreasing" meaning in English

See decreasing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-decreasing.wav [US]
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  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)
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Noun

IPA: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-decreasing.wav [US] Forms: decreasings [plural]
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  1. (knitting) A decrease.
    Sense id: en-decreasing-en-noun-quzT8oI9 Categories (other): Knitting Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles

Verb

IPA: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-decreasing.wav [US]
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree English decrease Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English decreasing From decrease + -ing (participial suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|decrease|-ing<pos:participial suffix><id:participial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English decrease Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English decreasing [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ndz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-andī", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ende", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ynge", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ing", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "participial suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "decreasing", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="decreasing"> From 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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