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to decrease
01
to become less in amount, size, or degree
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
decrease
3rd person singular
decreases
Present participle
decreasing
Past simple
decreased
Past participle
decreased
Examples
The temperature is decreasing as we move into the cooler season.
02
to make an amount, size, degree, etc. fewer or smaller
Transitive: to decrease an amount or size
Examples
The company implemented cost-cutting measures to decrease expenses and increase profits.
Decrease
01
the quantity or amount by which something is reduced
Examples
The population saw a decrease of 5 % this year.
02
the act of reducing or making something smaller
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
decreases
Examples
The decrease of working hours improved employee morale.
