
1) Abate 2) Abatement 3) Abridge 4) Amortisation 5) Amortization 6) Attritional 7) Bate 8) Confine 9) Contraction 10) Cutback 11) Cutdown 12) Decelerate 13) Declassification 14) Decline 15) Decrement 16) Depletion 17) Depreciation 18) Desensitisation 19) Desensitization 20) Deterioration 21) Devitalisation
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1) Alteration 2) Become smaller 3) Change 4) Condense 5) Cutback 6) Decline 7) Diminish 8) Diminish, lessen 9) Diminution 10) Disappear 11) Downward change 12) Downward movement 13) Drop 14) Drop off 15) Drop-off 16) Dwindling 17) Ease 18) Fade 19) Fade away 20) Fall 21) Fall off 22) French word used in English
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- a change downward
- a process of becoming smaller
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[knitting] A decrease in knitting is a reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. ==Methods of Single Decreasing (knitting)== When more than one stitch is suspended from a stitch, they can hang in different or...
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• (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one`s means. • (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. • (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or exce...
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Make less or smaller. It can be used to mean subtraction.
Example: Decrease 10 by 3 equals 7. (10 - 3 = 7)
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To work fewer stitches according to instructions for shaping a piece—most typically by a) knitting stitches together; or b) slipping a stitch and passing over the slipped stitch while knitting the following stitch.
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To grow less, opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc, or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' (John III. 30) ... Synonym: To Decrease, Diminish. ... Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and fro...
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De·crease' intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Decreased ;
present participle & verbal noun Decreasing .] [ Middle English
decrecen , from Old French
decreistre , French
décroître , or from the Old Fre...
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De·crease' noun [ Middle English
decrees , Old French
decreis , from
decreistre . See
Decrease ,
v. ]
1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a
decrease of revenue or of strength.
2. The wane of the moon.
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De·crease' transitive verb To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance
decreases one's means. « That might
decrease their present store.»
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[
n] - a process of becoming smaller or shorter 2. [n] - a change downward 3. [n] - the amount by which something decreases 4. [n] - the act of decreasing or reducing something 5. [v] - make smaller 6. [v] - decrease in size, extent, or range
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To make an amount smaller.
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verb make smaller; `He decreased his staff`
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lessening noun a change downward; `there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided`; `there was a sharp drop-off in sales`
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