decrease¹

B1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ˈdiːkɹiːs/ UK /ˈdiːkɹiːs/ See IPA manual

noun

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Homographs: decrease² /dɪˈkɹiːs/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
A reduction in amount, size, or number.

The company reported a slight decrease in sales last year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a reduction in amount,... reduction decline drop

Word family

Forms decreaseddecreasesdecreasing

Etymology

From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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