āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to decrease
01
āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻž
to become less in amount, size, or degree
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The demand for the product decreased after the initial release.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to make an amount, size, degree, etc. fewer or smaller
Transitive: to decrease an amount or size
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They decided to decrease the amount of sugar in their diet to improve their health.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Decrease
01
the quantity or amount by which something is reduced
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The decrease in sales was larger than expected.
02
the act of reducing or making something smaller
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They implemented a decrease in energy consumption.
