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English pronunciation of decrease

decrease

How to pronounce decrease verb
UK/dɪˈkriːs/
UK/ˈdiː.kriːs/
US/dɪˈkriːs/
US/ˈdiː.kriːs/
How to pronounce decrease noun
UK/ˈdiː.kriːs/
US/ˈdiː.kriːs/
Sound-by-sound pronunciation: decrease
UK/dɪˈkriːs/ decrease verb
  • /d/     as in
    day
  • /ɪ/     as in
    ship
  • /k/     as in
    cat
  • /r/     as in
    run
  • /iː/     as in
    sheep
  • /s/     as in
    say
US/dɪˈkriːs/ decrease verb
  • /d/     as in
    day
  • /ɪ/     as in
    ship
  • /k/     as in
    cat
  • /r/     as in
    run
  • /iː/     as in
    sheep
  • /s/     as in
    say
Sound-by-sound pronunciation: decrease
UK/ˈdiː.kriːs/ decrease noun
  • /d/     as in
    day
  • /iː/     as in
    sheep
  • /k/     as in
    cat
  • /r/     as in
    run
  • /iː/     as in
    sheep
  • /s/     as in
    say
US/ˈdiː.kriːs/ decrease noun
  • /d/     as in
    day
  • /iː/     as in
    sheep
  • /k/     as in
    cat
  • /r/     as in
    run
  • /iː/     as in
    sheep
  • /s/     as in
    say

(English pronunciations of decrease from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus and from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, both sources © Cambridge University Press)

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