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decreasing definition
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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 -------------- Sense 2 decrease, lessen, minify => change, alter -------------- 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") Overview of adj decreasing The adj decreasing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) decreasing -- (becoming less or smaller) 2. decreasing -- (music) Antonyms of adj decreasing 2 senses of decreasing Sense 1 decreasing (vs. increasing) increasing (vs. decreasing) => accelerative, acceleratory => accretionary => augmenting, augmentative, building => ballooning => expanding => exploding => flared, flaring => growing => incorporative => lengthening => maximizing, maximising => multiplicative => profit-maximizing, profit-maximising => progressive => raising => rising => accretive Sense 2 decreasing (vs. increasing) increasing (vs. decreasing) => accelerando => crescendo Similarity of adj decreasing 2 senses of decreasing Sense 1 decreasing (vs. increasing) => abating, subsiding => declining => detractive => diminishing => dwindling, tapering, tapering off => fading, paling => lessening => depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory => falling Sense 2 decreasing (vs. increasing) => allargando => calando => decrescendo, diminuendo => rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rit. Attributes of adj decreasing Familiarity of adj decreasing decreasing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj decreasing decreasing decreasing monotonic 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") Overview of adj decreasing The adj decreasing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) decreasing -- (becoming less or smaller) 2. decreasing -- (music)
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