reduction B1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ɹɪˈdak.ʃən/ UK /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #14282 Meanings 1 noun The act of making something smaller or less. The reduction in crime was credited to the new mayor. 2 noun The amount or rate by which something is reduced, especially in price. The store offered a 5% reduction on all winter clothing. 3 noun The act of making something simpler or less complex. The reduction of the equation made it much easier to solve. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of making something... decreasediminution 3 noun · the act of making something... simplification More lessening ↔ Opposites additionelevationexpansionincreaseoxidationpromotionsupplement Word family Forms reductions Derived forms amnioreductionautoreductionbioreductioncarboreductionchemoreductioncytoreductiondeuteroreductionelectroreductionhydroreductionirreductionketoreductionleucoreduction Related forms reducible Common collocations reduction division Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent to reduce + -tion. *dewk- Proto-Indo-European reduccion Middle English reducion Old French reductio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reduction **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈdak.ʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 14282 ## Meanings 1. The act of making something smaller or less. 2. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, especially in price. 3. The act of making something simpler or less complex. ## Examples - The reduction in crime was credited to the new mayor. - The store offered a 5% reduction on all winter clothing. - The reduction of the equation made it much easier to solve. ## Synonyms - lessening ## Antonyms - addition - elevation - expansion - increase - oxidation - promotion - supplement ## Derived Forms - amnioreduction - autoreduction - bioreduction - carboreduction - chemoreduction - cytoreduction - deuteroreduction - electroreduction - hydroreduction - irreduction - ketoreduction - leucoreduction ## Related Forms - reducible ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dewk- - Root: reduccion - Root: reducion - Root: reductio ## Etymology From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent to reduce + -tion. ## AI Etymology Reduction comes from Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent to reduce + -tion. Modern senses include the act of making something smaller or less. and the amount or rate by which something is reduced, especially in price.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as amnioreduction, autoreduction, bioreduction, carboreduction, chemoreduction, and cytoreduction and related forms such as reducible. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown