Reduce (IPA: /ɹəˈdus/, /ɹiˈdus/, /ɹɪˈdus/)
| Reduce (n.) |
To bring or lead back to any former place or condition. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; -- opposed to oxidize. |
| Reduce (n.) |
To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. |
| Reduce |
Computer algebra system geared towards applications in physics |
| Reduce |
1994 single by Ruriko Kubō |
| Reduce |
Parallel programming primitive |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Cut, Contract, Foreshorten, Abbreviate, Abridge, Shorten |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Boil Down, Concentrate, Decoct |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Boil Down, Concentrate |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Come Down, Boil Down |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Cut Back, Cut, Cut Down, Trim Down, Bring Down, Trim, Trim Back |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Deoxidise, Deoxidize |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Dilute, Cut, Thin, Thin Out |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Slim, Thin, Melt Off, Slim Down, Slenderize, Lose Weight |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Repress, Subdue, Subjugate, Quash, Keep Down |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Scale Down |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Shrink |
| Reduce Synonyms |
Tighten |
| Spanish Translation |
Reduce in Spanish is Reducir |
| Tagalog Translation |
Reduce in Tagalog is Bawasan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A Government with Heart who will find ways to reduce the cost of electricity, basic goods, and taxes." - Francis Escudero |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "Aw, this was supposed to reduce my overhead! Not turn into my head!" - Fictional last words in internet series |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Empowering rural women can significantly increase productivity, improve rural livelihoods and reduce hunger and malnutrition." - Arthropods |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "In a corporate state, all attempts to reduce bureaucracy increase it." - Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Nanny also recalled her as being rather thoughtful and shy, as if trying to reduce the amount of world she took up." - Discworld |
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