reduce
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rÉĒ
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duce
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/rÉĒˈdjuːs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "reduce"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ

to make something smaller in amount, degree, price, etc.
Transitive: to reduce degree or amount of something
to reduce definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help reduce the risk of certain diseases.
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϰ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become less in size or amount
Intransitive
to reduce definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the temperature rose, the snow on the ground began to reduce, eventually melting away.
āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ—āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to simplify or present a problem or subject in a more manageable form
Complex Transitive: to reduce a problem or subject into simpler form | to reduce a problem or subject to simpler form
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In order to facilitate understanding, the lecturer reduced the intricate biological process to a series of easily digestible stages.
āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āϜ⧈āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻšāϜāĻŽāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āϧāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ

to bring someone or something to a state or condition that is worse or less desirable than before
Complex Transitive: to reduce sb/sth to an undesirable state
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His reckless behavior reduced his once-promising career to ruins.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻĒāϰ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻž āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĻāĻŽāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lower someone's rank, position, or level of responsibility
Transitive: to reduce sb to a lower rank or position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the merger, some managers were reduced to regular staff roles.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to simplify an expression by performing operations that make it smaller or more manageable
Transitive: to reduce a mathematical expression
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
0.75 can be reduced to 3/4‌ by expressing it as a fraction in its simplest form.
0.75 āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāϞāϤāĻŽ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ 3/4 āĻ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to narrow down or limit the extent, size, or scope of something
Transitive: to reduce the extent or scope of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To enhance security, the organization implemented measures to reduce access to sensitive data.
āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to undergo a process where an atom, ion, or molecule gains electrons, resulting in a decrease in its oxidation
Transitive: to reduce an element or particle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The copper ions in the solution were successfully reduced to form a metallic copper deposit on the cathode.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāϝāĻŧāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨā§‹āĻĄā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻž āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§‡āĻĻ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ

to lose body weight through lifestyle changes, dietary modifications, physical activity, or medical treatments
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite her busy schedule, she managed to reduce significantly by cutting out junk food.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϏ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĢ⧁āĻĄ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻžāĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to simmer a liquid until it thickens and intensifies in flavor through evaporation
Transitive: to reduce a liquid
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef reduced the balsamic vinegar until it formed a thick, sweet glaze for the steak.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāύ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϞ⧇āϜ āĻ—āĻ āύ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϞāϏāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to modify the pronunciation of a word or sound to make it easier to articulate or to accommodate the rhythm and flow of speech
Transitive: to reduce a word or sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unstressed vowel in the word " banana " is often reduced to a schwa sound ( ə ) in connected speech.
ÂĢ banana Âģ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ (ə) āĻ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to halve the chromosome number during cell division
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair up and exchange genetic material before the cells reduce.
āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āϏāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŽāϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻŽā§‹āĻœā§‹āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āώāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϜāĻŋāύāĻ—āϤ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāĻž

to restore a dislocated or fractured bone to its normal position or alignment
Transitive: to reduce a bone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The orthopedic surgeon successfully reduced the patient's fractured femur back into its proper alignment.
āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻž āĻĢāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāύāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϧ⧀āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gain control over somebody or something by overcoming resistance or opposition
Transitive: to reduce sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The army 's decisive victory reduced the opposing forces, securing control over the region.
āϏ⧇āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

reducer
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