Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb decrease
2 senses of decrease
Sense 1
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly
=> break
=> ease up ease off slacken off slack off flag
=> boil down reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up shrink, wither
=> abate, let up slack off slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away dwindle down
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline go down wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decrescendo
Sense 2
decrease, lessen, minify
=> moderate, mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down cut back trim, trim down trim back cut, bring down
=> slack, slacken, slack up
=> diminish, belittle
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb decrease
2 senses of decrease
Sense 1
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly
=> break
=> ease up ease off slacken off slack off flag
=> boil down reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> flex
=> shrivel, shrivel up shrink, wither
=> atrophy
=> die back die down
=> mummify, dry up
=> abate, let up slack off slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away dwindle down
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline go down wane
=> dip
=> wear on
=> drop
=> slump, fall off sink
=> tumble
=> wane
=> wane
=> decrescendo
Sense 2
decrease, lessen, minify
=> moderate, mitigate
=> relieve
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> number, keep down
=> cap
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
=> immobilize, immobilise
=> paralyze, paralyse
=> palsy
=> stun, stupefy, stupify
=> demarcate, delimit, delimitate
=> reduce, boil down concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> reduce, scale down
=> reef
=> miniaturize, miniaturise
=> depopulate, desolate
=> contract
=> purse, wrinkle
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten
=> condense, concentrate
=> encapsulate, capsule, capsulize
=> telescope
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down cut back trim, trim down trim back cut, bring down
=> shorten
=> foreshorten
=> clip, curtail, cut short
=> syncopate
=> truncate, cut short
=> quench
=> cut
=> retrench
=> slash
=> thin out
=> snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
=> shear
=> poll, pollard
=> top pinch
=> tail
=> disbud
=> thin
=> draw
=> take away detract
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> shave, knock off
=> mark down
=> discount
=> allow
=> rebate
=> slack, slacken, slack up
=> diminish, belittle
Entailment of verb decrease
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb decrease
2 senses of decrease
Sense 1
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
Sense 2
decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter
Familiarity of verb decrease
decrease used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb decrease
Sense 1
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
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Sense 2
decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter
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Grep of noun decrease
decrease
Overview of noun decrease
The noun decrease has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) decrease, lessening, drop-off -- (a change downward; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales")
2. (1) decrease, decrement -- (a process of becoming smaller)
3. decrease, decrement -- (the amount by which something decreases)
4. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down -- (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Overview of verb decrease
The verb decrease has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (23) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")
2. (3) decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")
Grep of adj decrease
decreased
Overview of noun decrease
The noun decrease has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) decrease, lessening, drop-off -- (a change downward; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales")
2. (1) decrease, decrement -- (a process of becoming smaller)
3. decrease, decrement -- (the amount by which something decreases)
4. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down -- (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Overview of verb decrease
The verb decrease has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (23) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")
2. (3) decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")
decrease definition
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