"reduce" meaning in English

See reduce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /rɪˈdjuːs/ [UK], /rɪˈduːs/ [US] Audio: en-us-reduce.ogg [US] Forms: reduce [canonical], reduces [third-person, singular], reduced [past], reduced [past, participle], reducing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|reduc|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is reduced, it has been brought down or made smaller. Synonyms: shrink, decrease
    Sense id: simple-reduce-en-verb-64fFxDIP
  2. If you reduce a liquid, you boil it to make it thicker.
    Sense id: simple-reduce-en-verb-uodRKg3n
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      ]
    },
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        "past",
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    },
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          "word": "enlarge"
        },
        {
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        },
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          "word": "stretch"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The new computer system should reduce the number of problems."
        },
        {
          "text": "This image is too large, could you please reduce the size?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Eating well will reduce the risk of heart disease."
        },
        {
          "text": "Our time in the country was reduced to just a few days."
        },
        {
          "text": "Taxes have been reduced by 24 percent."
        }
      ],
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        }
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        "If you reduce a liquid, you boil it to make it thicker."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/rɪˈdjuːs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/rI\"dju:s/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/rɪˈduːs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/rI\"du:s/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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        "US"
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        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reduced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "reduced",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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    }
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        },
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The new computer system should reduce the number of problems."
        },
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          "text": "This image is too large, could you please reduce the size?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Eating well will reduce the risk of heart disease."
        },
        {
          "text": "Our time in the country was reduced to just a few days."
        },
        {
          "text": "Taxes have been reduced by 24 percent."
        }
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "shrink"
        },
        {
          "word": "decrease"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "Transitive verbs"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rɪˈduːs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/rI\"du:s/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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}

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