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Translations:

reduce — to make smaller or less
→ reduzieren
→ herabsetzen
→ vermindern
reduce — to bring to an inferior rank
→ degradieren

More translations:

reduce
→ verkleinern
reduce
→ verringern
reduce
→ reduzieren
reduce
→ abbauen
reduce
→ abflauen
reduce
→ abkürzen
reduce
→ abmindern
reduce
→ abnehmen
reduce
→ abschärfen
reduce
→ abschneiden
reduce
→ auslichten
reduce
→ bagatellisieren
reduce
→ beschränken
reduce
→ dünnemachen
reduce
→ dünnmachen
reduce
→ einrenken
reduce
→ einschränken
reduce
→ ermässigen
reduce
→ geringachten
reduce
→ herabsetzen
reduce
→ heruntersetzen
reduce
→ kappen
reduce
→ klein machen
reduce
→ kürzen
reduce
→ mäßigen
reduce
→ mindern
reduce
→ nachlassen
reduce
→ remittieren
reduce
→ schmälern
reduce
→ verkürzen
reduce
→ vermindern
reduce
→ zerlegen
reduce
→ zurückschrauben
reduce
→ zusammenziehen

English definitions WordNet

VERB 20

  1. cut down on; make a reduction in

    • “reduce your daily fat intake”
    • “The employer wants to cut back health benefits”
    Synonymscut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backcutbring down

  2. make less complex

    • “reduce a problem to a single question”

  3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

    • “He reduced the population to slavery”
Show 17 more meanings

  1. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

  2. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

    • “She reduced her niece to a servant”

  3. be the essential element

    • “The proposal boils down to a compromise”
    Synonymscome downboil down

  4. reduce in size; reduce physically

    • “Hot water will shrink the sweater”
    • “Can you shrink this image?”
    Synonymsshrink

  5. lessen and make more modest

    • “reduce one's standard of living”

  6. make smaller

    • “reduce an image”
    Synonymsscale down

  7. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

    Synonymsdeoxidizedeoxidise

  8. narrow or limit

    • “reduce the influx of foreigners”
    Synonymstighten

  9. put down by force or intimidation

    • “The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”
    • “China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently”
    • “The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land”
    Synonymsrepressquashkeep downsubduesubjugate

  10. undergo meiosis

    • “The cells reduce”

  11. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

  12. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

  13. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    • “The manuscript must be shortened”
    Synonymsabridgeforeshortenabbreviateshortencutcontract

  14. be cooked until very little liquid is left

    • “The sauce should reduce to one cup”
    Synonymsboil downdecoctconcentrate

  15. cook until very little liquid is left

    • “The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time”
    Synonymsboil downconcentrate

  16. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    • “cut bourbon”
    Synonymsdilutethinthin outcut

  17. take off weight

    Synonymsmelt offlose weightslimslenderizethinslim down