decrease

Meanings

• Noun or Verb

  A reduction in the size, amount, degree, or rate of something.

  - "The company announced a decrease in profits for the quarter."
  - "The temperature has decreased by 10 degrees."
  - "He took a decrease in salary to help pay for his child's education."

• Verb

  To make smaller or less in size, amount, degree, or rate.

  - "The water level in the lake decreases in the summer."
  - "The tree decreases in size as it gets older."

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Pronunciation

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Antonyms

gain , increase , increment , raise , rise , go up , grow , increase , rise , shoot up , soar , increase , increment , raise , up

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Synonyms

cut , decrement , drop , fall , loss , lowering , reduction , shrinkage , drop , fall , go down , plummet , plunge , reduce , shrink , sink , abate , cut , decrement , lower , reduce

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with decrease
decrease , increase , applause , concease , cease

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Variants

List of all variants of decrease that leads to same result
decrease , decreased , decreases , decreasing , decreasingly , on the decrease

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Forms

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decreases, decreasing, decreased

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Etymology

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Old French descrever, from des- 'apart' + crever 'to crack'. Related to the Latin term decrevī, past participle of decrevere 'to grow smaller'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'decrease' has more syllables in English than in French.

2. The term 'decrease' is also used in economics to describe a fall in the general price level of goods and services in an economy.

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Related Concepts

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1. Reduction: The act or process of making something smaller or less.

2. Decline: A gradual reduction or decrease in something, often used to describe a decrease in health or productivity.

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Culture

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In literature, decrease is often used as a theme in poetry, particularly in sonnets, to convey a sense of loss or melancholy. In art, it is a common motif in still life paintings and landscapes to represent the passage of time and the transience of beauty.

How to Memorize "decrease"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a graph with a downward trend to represent the concept of decrease.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a shrinking object or a number getting smaller.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence using the word 'decrease' and remember the first letter of each word in the sentence.

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