REDUCE


Meaning of REDUCE in English

verb (~d; reducing) see: tow Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to draw together or cause to converge ; consolidate , b. to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number , to decrease the volume and concentrate the flavor of by boiling , to narrow down ; restrict , to make shorter ; abridge , to restore to righteousness ; save , to bring to a specified state or condition , 4. to force to capitulate, force , compel , 5. to bring to a systematic form or character , to put down in written or printed form , to correct (as a fracture) by bringing displaced or broken parts back into their normal positions, 7. to lower in grade or rank ; demote , to lower in condition or status ; downgrade , 8. to diminish in strength or density, to diminish in value, 9. a. to change the denominations or form of without changing the value, to construct a geometrical figure similar to but smaller than (a given figure), to transpose from one form into another ; convert , to change (an expression) to an equivalent but more fundamental expression , to break down (as by crushing or grinding) ; pulverize , 11. to bring to the metallic state by removal of nonmetallic elements , deoxidize , to combine with or subject to the action of hydrogen, d. to change (an element or ion) from a higher to a lower oxidation state, to add one or more electrons to (an atom or ion or molecule), to change (a stressed vowel) to an unstressed vowel, intransitive verb 1. a. to become diminished or lessened, to become ~d , to become concentrated or consolidated, to undergo meiosis, to become converted or equated, see: decrease ~r noun reducibility noun reducible adjective reducibly adverb

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