DECREASE


Meaning of DECREASE in English

(~d)

1.

When something ~s or when you ~ it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.

Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year...

The number of independent firms ~d from 198 to 96...

Raw-steel production by the nation’s mills ~d 2.1% last week...

Since 1945 air forces have ~d in size...

Gradually ~ the amount of vitamin C you are taking...

We’ve got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.

VERB: V by amount, V from/to amount, V amount, V in n, V n, V-ing

2.

A ~ in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it.

...a ~ in the number of young people out of work...

Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent–a ~ of 40 per cent.

N-COUNT: oft N in/of n

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