verb
ADVERB
▪ considerably , dramatically , drastically , greatly , markedly , severely , sharply , significantly , substantially
▪ successfully
▪ further
▪ slightly
▪
We need to ~ the speed slightly.
▪ gradually , progressively
▪
Legislation progressively ~d the number of situations in which industrial action could be taken.
▪ quickly , rapidly
VERB + REDUCE
▪ aim to , attempt to , seek to , try to
▪ help (to)
▪
Giving up smoking helps ~ the risk of heart disease.
▪ manage to
▪ be designed to , be intended to
▪ be expected to , be likely to
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪
Pollution from the works has been ~d by 70%.
▪ in
▪
I noticed that my belly had drastically ~d in size.
▪ from , to
▪
The price is ~d from 99 cents to 85 cents.
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sth , an effort to ~ sth
▪ measures to ~ sth
▪ ~ sth to a minimum
▪
The risks must be ~d to the absolute minimum.
Reduce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accountability , ↑ accumulation , ↑ allocation , ↑ ambiguity , ↑ amount , ↑ angle , ↑ anxiety , ↑ appetite , ↑ asset , ↑ autonomy , ↑ availability , ↑ backlog , ↑ barrier , ↑ benefit , ↑ bias , ↑ bill , ↑ blood pressure , ↑ budget , ↑ build-up , ↑ burden , ↑ bureaucracy , ↑ capacity , ↑ carbohydrate , ↑ carbon dioxide , ↑ chance , ↑ charge , ↑ cholesterol , ↑ circulation , ↑ clutter , ↑ competition , ↑ complexity , ↑ concentration , ↑ congestion , ↑ consumption , ↑ contamination , ↑ cost , ↑ count , ↑ craving , ↑ crime , ↑ damage , ↑ danger , ↑ debt , ↑ deficit , ↑ delay , ↑ demand , ↑ density , ↑ dependence , ↑ depression , ↑ diameter , ↑ discomfort , ↑ disparity , ↑ distress , ↑ disturbance , ↑ diversity , ↑ dividend , ↑ dosage , ↑ dose , ↑ drinking , ↑ duplication , ↑ duration , ↑ duty , ↑ effect , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ efficiency , ↑ emission , ↑ erosion , ↑ error , ↑ excise , ↑ expectation , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ export , ↑ exposure , ↑ extent , ↑ fare , ↑ fat , ↑ fatigue , ↑ fee , ↑ fever , ↑ flexibility , ↑ flow , ↑ footprint , ↑ force , ↑ freedom , ↑ frequency , ↑ friction , ↑ funding , ↑ gain , ↑ gap , ↑ glare , ↑ heat , ↑ height , ↑ humidity , ↑ imbalance , ↑ immigration , ↑ impact , ↑ import , ↑ importance , ↑ incentive , ↑ incidence , ↑ income , ↑ inefficiency , ↑ inequality , ↑ infiltration , ↑ inflammation , ↑ inflation , ↑ influence , ↑ injury , ↑ intake , ↑ intensity , ↑ inventory , ↑ length , ↑ level , ↑ liability , ↑ likelihood , ↑ limit , ↑ liquid , ↑ load , ↑ loss , ↑ maintenance , ↑ manpower , ↑ margin , ↑ mobility , ↑ mortality , ↑ motivation , ↑ mountain , ↑ nausea , ↑ need , ↑ noise , ↑ number , ↑ occurrence , ↑ odds , ↑ output , ↑ overdraft , ↑ pain , ↑ paperwork , ↑ payment , ↑ penalty , ↑ pension , ↑ per cent , ↑ pollutant , ↑ pollution , ↑ possibility , ↑ potential , ↑ poverty , ↑ power , ↑ premium , ↑ pressure , ↑ price , ↑ probability , ↑ problem , ↑ production , ↑ productivity , ↑ profitability , ↑ quality , ↑ quota , ↑ rate , ↑ ratio , ↑ ration , ↑ recurrence , ↑ red tape , ↑ reliability , ↑ reliance , ↑ representation , ↑ revenue , ↑ risk , ↑ sauce , ↑ scale , ↑ scope , ↑ sensitivity , ↑ sentence , ↑ setting , ↑ severity , ↑ share , ↑ side effect , ↑ size , ↑ smog , ↑ smoking , ↑ speed , ↑ speed limit , ↑ spending , ↑ spread , ↑ stake , ↑ stigma , ↑ stock , ↑ strain , ↑ strength , ↑ stress , ↑ subsidy , ↑ suffering , ↑ supply , ↑ surveillance , ↑ swelling , ↑ symptom , ↑ tariff , ↑ tax , ↑ taxation , ↑ temperature , ↑ tendency , ↑ tension , ↑ threat , ↑ time , ↑ traffic , ↑ transmission , ↑ truancy , ↑ turnover , ↑ uncertainty , ↑ unemployment , ↑ usage , ↑ use , ↑ usefulness , ↑ value , ↑ velocity , ↑ vibration , ↑ visibility , ↑ voltage , ↑ volume , ↑ vulnerability , ↑ wastage , ↑ waste , ↑ wear , ↑ weight , ↑ width , ↑ workforce , ↑ workload