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English

Etymology

From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
(verb) enPR: dĭkrēs', IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹiːs/
(noun) enPR: dē'krēs, IPA^(key): /ˈdiːkɹiːs/
Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased)

(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
The quality of our products has decreased since the main designer left.
(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.

Synonyms

(become smaller): drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
(make smaller): abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “become larger”): go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly); See also Thesaurus:increase
(antonym(s) of “make larger”): increase, increment, raise, up (informal); See also Thesaurus:augment

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

become smaller — see also diminish

Altai:
Southern Altai: астаар (astaar)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܨܹܪ (bāṣēr)
Armenian: փոքրանալ (hy) (pʻokʻranal), պակասել (hy) (pakasel)
Assamese: কমা (koma)
Azerbaijani: azalmaq (az), düşmək (az) (with ablative)
Bulgarian: намаля́вам се (namaljávam se)
Catalan: decréixer (ca), disminuir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 減少 / 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng)
Danish: formindske, forringe (da)
Dutch: afnemen (nl), verminderen (nl)
Esperanto: malpliiĝi, malaltiĝi
Finnish: vähentyä (fi), pienentyä (fi), pienetä (fi), vähetä (fi)
French: diminuer (fr)
Galician: diminuír (gl), minguar (gl)
Gallurese: affluscià
German: abnehmen (de)
Alemannic German: schwiine
Greek: μειώνομαι (el) (meiónomai), λιγοστεύω (el) (ligostévo)
Ancient Greek: μινύθω (minúthō)
Hebrew: פחת (he) (pakhát)
Hindi: घटना (hi) (ghaṭnā)
Hungarian: csökken (hu)
Ido: diminutar (io)
Irish: laghdaigh
Italian: diminuire (it), calare (it)
Japanese: 減少する (ja) (げんしょうする, genshō suru), 減る (ja) (へる, heru)
Kazakh: азаю (azayuw)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کەم کردن (kem kirdin)
Lithuanian: mažinti (lt)
Māori: pāitiiti
Middle English: discresen
Norwegian: forminske (no), forringe
Persian: کاستن (fa) (kâstan)
Polish: zmniejszać się (pl) impf, zmniejszyć się (pl) pf
Portuguese: diminuir (pt), reduzir (pt)
Romanian: descrește (ro), scădea (ro)
Russian: уменьша́ться (ru) impf (umenʹšátʹsja), уме́ньшиться (ru) pf (uménʹšitʹsja), снижа́ться (ru) impf (snižátʹsja), сни́зиться (ru) pf (snízitʹsja), понижа́ться (ru) impf (ponižátʹsja), пони́зиться (ru) pf (ponízitʹsja)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: calai, menguai

Logudorese: menguare, minimare
Sassarese: miminà, abbracà
Spanish: mermar[se], descrecer (es), decrecer (es), decrementarse
Swedish: minska (sv)
Turkish: azalmak (tr), düşmek (tr)

make smaller — see also diminish

Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܒܨܸܪ (mabṣir)
Assamese: কমোৱা (komüa)
Azerbaijani: azaltmaq (az)
Bulgarian: намаля́вам (bg) (namaljávam)
Catalan: disminuir (ca)
Czech: snížit (cs)
Dutch: verminderen (nl)
Esperanto: malpliigi, malaltigi (eo)
Finnish: laskea (fi), vähentää (fi), pienentää (fi)
French: diminuer (fr), réduire (fr)
Galician: minguar (gl), diminuír (gl)
German: verringern (de)
Greek: μειώνω (el) (meióno), ελαττώνω (el) (elattóno)
Hebrew: הפחית (hifkhít)
Hindi: घटाना (hi) (ghaṭānā)
Hungarian: csökkent (hu)
Ido: diminutar (io)
Ingrian: vähentää
Irish: laghdaigh
Italian: diminuire (it), far calare, ribassare (it), ridurre (it), decrementare
Japanese: 減少させる (ja) (げんしょうさせる, genshō saseru), 減らす (ja) (へらす, herasu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کەم کردن (kem kirdin)
Middle English: discresen
Polish: zmniejszać (pl) impf, zmniejszyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: diminuir (pt), reduzir (pt)
Russian: уменьша́ть (ru) impf (umenʹšátʹ), уме́ньшить (ru) pf (uménʹšitʹ), понижа́ть (ru) impf (ponižátʹ), пони́зить (ru) pf (ponízitʹ), снижа́ть (ru) impf (snižátʹ), сни́зить (ru) pf (snízitʹ)
Sardinian:
Logudorese: mèngua
Sicilian: abbacari (scn)
Spanish: mermar (es), decrementar (es)
Swedish: minska (sv), förringa (sv)
Turkish: azaltmak (tr), düşürmek (tr)
Vietnamese: hạ (vi)

Noun

decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases)

An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight decrease in sales last year.

One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.
(knitting, crochet) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).

Synonyms

(amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased): cut, decline, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage, falling-off

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased”): gain, increase, increment, raise (US, of pay), rise

Derived terms

Translations

amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased

Bulgarian: намаляване (bg) n (namaljavane), намаление (bg) n (namalenie)
Catalan: disminució f, decreixença f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 減少 / 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo)
Finnish: lasku (fi), vähenemä, vähennys (fi)
Galician: diminución (gl) f, mingua f, devalo m
German: Verringerung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis)
Hindi: कटौती (hi) f (kaṭautī), घाटा (hi) m (ghāṭā)
Hungarian: csökkenés (hu)
Irish: laghdú m
Italian: diminuzione (it) f, calo (it) m, ribasso (it) m, riduzione (it) f
Japanese: 減少 (ja) (げんしょう, genshō)
Latin: dēcrēmentum (la) n
Māori: ero
Norwegian: forringelse
Old English: æfwela m (of wealth)
Persian: کاهش (fa) (kâheš)
Polish: spadek (pl) m, ubytek (pl) m
Portuguese: redução (pt) f, diminuição (pt) f
Quechua: yawyay
Russian: уменьше́ние (ru) n (umenʹšénije), сниже́ние (ru) n (snižénije)
Spanish: disminución (es) f, merma (es)
Swedish: minskning (sv) c
Ukrainian: зме́ншення n (zménšennja), зни́ження n (znýžennja)

Anagrams

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@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 ===Pronunciation===
-* {{audio|en|En-us-decrease.ogg|Audio (US)}}
+* {{audio|en|En-us-decrease.ogg|a=US}}
-* {{a|verb}} {{enPR|dĭkrēs'}}, {{IPA|en|/dɪˈkɹiːs/}}
+* {{enPR|dĭkrēs'|a=verb}}, {{IPA|en|/dɪˈkɹiːs/}}
-* {{a|noun}} {{enPR|dē'krēs}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈdiːkɹiːs/}}
+* {{enPR|dē'krēs|a=noun}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈdiːkɹiːs/}}
 * {{rhymes|en|iːs|s=2}}
@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 ====Antonyms====
-* {{sense|become larger}} {{l|en|go up}}, {{l|en|grow}}, {{l|en|increase}}, {{l|en|rise}}, {{l|en|soar}} {{qualifier|rapidly}}, [[shoot up]] {{qualifier|rapidly}}; See also [[Thesaurus:increase]]
+* {{antsense|become larger}} {{l|en|go up}}, {{l|en|grow}}, {{l|en|increase}}, {{l|en|rise}}, {{l|en|soar}} {{qualifier|rapidly}}, [[shoot up]] {{qualifier|rapidly}}; See also [[Thesaurus:increase]]
-* {{sense|make larger}} {{l|en|increase}}, {{l|en|increment}}, {{l|en|raise}}, {{l|en|up}} {{qualifier|informal}}; See also [[Thesaurus:augment]]
+* {{antsense|make larger}} {{l|en|increase}}, {{l|en|increment}}, {{l|en|raise}}, {{l|en|up}} {{qualifier|informal}}; See also [[Thesaurus:augment]]
+====Derived terms====
+{{col|en|decreasingly|nondecreasing|undecreasing|undecreased|decreasable|decreasement|decreaser|redecrease| decreasing function|decreasing term assurance|monotonic decreasing|non-decreasing}}
 ====Related terms====
+* {{l|en|decrescendo}}
 * {{l|en|decretion}}
 * {{l|en|increase}}
 ====Translations====
-{{trans-top|become smaller}}
+{{trans-top-see|become smaller|diminish}}
+* Altai:
+*: Southern Altai: {{t|alt|астаар}}
+* Aramaic:
+*: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܒܵܨܹܪ}}
 * Armenian: {{t+|hy|փոքրանալ}}, {{t+|hy|պակասել}}
 * Assamese: {{t|as|কমা}}
@@ Line 39: / Line 47: @@
 * Catalan: {{t+|ca|decréixer}}, {{t+|ca|disminuir}}
 * Chinese:
-*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|減少|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|减少|tr=jiǎnshǎo|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|下降|tr=xiàjiàng|sc=Hani}}
+*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|減少|tr=jiǎnshǎo}}, {{t+|cmn|下降|tr=xiàjiàng}}
-* Danish: {{t|da|formindske}}, {{t|da|forringe}}
+* Danish: {{t|da|formindske}}, {{t+|da|forringe}}
 * Dutch: {{t+|nl|afnemen}}, {{t+|nl|verminderen}}
 * Esperanto: {{t|eo|malpliiĝi}}, {{t|eo|malaltiĝi}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|vähentyä}}, {{t+|fi|pienentyä}}, {{t+|fi|pienetä}}, {{t+|fi|vähetä}}
 * French: {{t+|fr|diminuer}}
-* Galician: {{t|gl|diminuír}}, {{t+|gl|minguar}}
+* Galician: {{t+|gl|diminuír}}, {{t+|gl|minguar}}
 * Gallurese: {{t|sdn|affluscià}}
 * German: {{t+|de|abnehmen}}
 *: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|schwiine}}
 * Greek: {{t+|el|μειώνομαι}}, {{t+|el|λιγοστεύω}}
-*: Ancient: {{t|grc|μινύθω}}
+*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|μινύθω}}
 * Hebrew: {{t+|he|פחת|tr=pakhát}}
+* Hindi: {{t+|hi|घटना}}
 * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csökken}}
 * Ido: {{t+|io|diminutar}}
+* Irish: {{t|ga|laghdaigh}}
 * Italian: {{t+|it|diminuire}}, {{t+|it|calare}}
+* Japanese: {{t+|ja|減少|tr=げんしょうする, genshō suru|alt=減少する}}, {{t+|ja|減る|tr=へる, heru}}
-{{trans-mid}}
-* Japanese: {{t+|ja|減少|tr=げんしょうする, genshō suru|alt=減少する|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|減る|tr=へる, heru|sc=Jpan}}
 * Kazakh: {{t|kk|азаю}}
 * Kurdish:
-*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەم کردن|sc=ku-Arab}}
+*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەم کردن}}
-* Maori: {{t|mi|pāitiiti}}
+* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|mažinti}}
-* Middle English: {{t|enm| discresen}}
+* Māori: {{t|mi|pāitiiti}}
+* Middle English: {{t|enm|discresen}}
 * Norwegian: {{t+|no|forminske}}, {{t|no|forringe}}
-* Persian: {{t+|fa|کاستن|tr=kāstan}}
+* Persian: {{t+|fa|کاستن|tr=kâstan}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|zmniejszać się|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zmniejszyć się|pf}}
 * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diminuir}}, {{t+|pt|reduzir}}
 * Romanian: {{t+|ro|descrește}}, {{t+|ro|scădea}}
@@ Line 71: / Line 82: @@
 *: Logudorese: {{t|sc|menguare}}, {{t|sc|minimare}}
 * Sassarese: {{t|sdc|miminà}}, {{t|sdc|abbracà}}
-* Spanish: {{t+|es|disminuir}}, {{t+|es|mermar}}
+* Spanish: {{t|es|[[mermar]][se]}}, {{t+|es|descrecer}}, {{t+|es|decrecer}}, {{t|es|decrementarse}}
 * Swedish: {{t+|sv|minska}}
 * Turkish: {{t+|tr|azalmak}}, {{t+|tr|düşmek}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
-{{trans-top|make smaller}}
+{{trans-top-see|make smaller|diminish}}
+* Aramaic:
+*: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܡܲܒܨܸܪ}}
 * Assamese: {{t|as|কমোৱা}}
 * Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|azaltmaq}}
@@ Line 90: / Line 103: @@
 * Greek: {{t+|el|μειώνω}}, {{t+|el|ελαττώνω}}
 * Hebrew: {{t|he|הפחית|tr=hifkhít}}
+* Hindi: {{t+|hi|घटाना}}
 * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csökkent}}
 * Ido: {{t+|io|diminutar}}
+* Ingrian: {{t|izh|vähentää}}
+* Irish: {{t|ga|laghdaigh}}
 * Italian: {{t+|it|diminuire}}, {{t|it|far calare}}, {{t+|it|ribassare}}, {{t+|it|ridurre}}, {{t|it|decrementare}}
+* Japanese: {{t+|ja|減少|alt=減少させる|tr=げんしょうさせる, genshō saseru}}, {{t+|ja|減らす|tr=へらす, herasu}}
-{{trans-mid}}
-* Japanese: {{t+|ja|減少|alt=減少させる|tr=げんしょうさせる, genshō saseru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|減らす|tr=へらす, herasu|sc=Jpan}}
 * Kurdish:
-*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەم کردن|sc=ku-Arab}}
+*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەم کردن}}
-* Middle English: {{t|enm| discresen}}
+* Middle English: {{t|enm|discresen}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|zmniejszać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zmniejszyć|pf}}
 * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diminuir}}, {{t+|pt|reduzir}}
 * Russian: {{t+|ru|уменьша́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|уме́ньшить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|понижа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|пони́зить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|снижа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сни́зить|pf}}
 * Sardinian:
 *: Logudorese: {{t|sc|mèngua}}
-* Spanish: {{t+|es|disminuir}}, {{t+|es|mermar}}
+* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|abbacari}}
+* Spanish: {{t+|es|mermar}}, {{t+|es|decrementar}}
 * Swedish: {{t+|sv|minska}}, {{t+|sv|förringa}}
 * Turkish: {{t+|tr|azaltmak}}, {{t+|tr|düşürmek}}
@@ Line 111: / Line 128: @@
 {{en-noun|~}}
-# An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
+# An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
 #: {{ux|en|After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight '''decrease''' in sales last year.}}
-#: {{ux|en|One research team has recorded Baishui’s '''decrease''' at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.}} [[File:One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease.ogg]]
+#: {{ux|en|One research team has recorded Baishui’s '''decrease''' at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.}}
-# {{lb|en|knitting}} A [[reduction]] in the number of [[stitch]]es, usually accomplished by [[suspend]]ing the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See {{w|Decrease (knitting)}}.
+# {{lb|en|knitting|crochet}} A [[reduction]] in the number of [[stitch]]es, usually accomplished by [[suspend]]ing the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See {{w|Decrease (knitting)}}.
 ====Synonyms====
-* {{sense|amount by which a quantity is decreased}} {{l|en|cut}}, {{l|en|decrement}}, {{l|en|drop}}, {{l|en|fall}}, {{l|en|loss}}, {{l|en|lowering}}, {{l|en|reduction}}, {{l|en|shrinkage}}
+* {{sense|amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased}} {{l|en|cut}}, {{l|en|decline}}, {{l|en|decrement}}, {{l|en|drop}}, {{l|en|fall}}, {{l|en|loss}}, {{l|en|lowering}}, {{l|en|reduction}}, {{l|en|shrinkage}}, {{l|en|falling-off}}
 ====Antonyms====
-* {{sense|amount by which a quantity is decreased}} {{l|en|gain}}, {{l|en|increase}}, {{l|en|increment}}, {{l|en|raise}} {{qualifier|US, of pay}}, [[rise]]
+* {{antsense|amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased}} {{l|en|gain}}, {{l|en|increase}}, {{l|en|increment}}, {{l|en|raise}} {{qualifier|US, of pay}}, [[rise]]
+====Derived terms====
+{{col|en|decreaseless|nondecrease}}
 ====Translations====
-{{trans-top|amount of decrease}}
+{{trans-top|amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased}}
 * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|намаляване|n}}, {{t+|bg|намаление|n}}
 * Catalan: {{t|ca|disminució|f}}, {{t|ca|decreixença|f}}
 * Chinese:
-*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|減少|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|减少|tr=jiǎnshǎo|sc=Hani}}
+*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|減少|tr=jiǎnshǎo}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|lasku}}, {{t|fi|vähenemä}}, {{t+|fi|vähennys}}
-* Galician: {{t|gl|diminución|f}}, {{t|gl|mingua|f}}, {{t|gl|devalo|m}}
+* Galician: {{t+|gl|diminución|f}}, {{t|gl|mingua|f}}, {{t|gl|devalo|m}}
 * German: {{t+|de|Verringerung|f}}
 * Greek:
-*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐλάττωσις}}
+*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|ἐλάττωσις}}
+* Hindi: {{t+|hi|कटौती|f}}, {{t+|hi|घाटा|m}}
 * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csökkenés}}
 * Irish: {{t|ga|laghdú|m}}
 * Italian: {{t+|it|diminuzione|f}}, {{t+|it|calo|m}}, {{t+|it|ribasso|m}}, {{t+|it|riduzione|f}}
+* Japanese: {{t+|ja|減少|tr=げんしょう, genshō}}
-{{trans-mid}}
-* Japanese: {{t+|ja|減少|tr=げんしょう, genshō|sc=Jpan}}
 * Latin: {{t+|la|dēcrēmentum|n}}
-* Maori: {{t|mi|ero}}
+* Māori: {{t|mi|ero}}
 * Norwegian: {{t|no|forringelse}}
 * Old English: {{t|ang|æfwela|m}} {{qualifier|of wealth}}
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 * Spanish: {{t+|es|disminución|f}}, {{t+|es|merma}}
 * Swedish: {{t+|sv|minskning|c}}
+* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зме́ншення|n}}, {{t|uk|зни́ження|n}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
@@ Line 154: / Line 175: @@
 * {{anagrams|en|a=acdeeers|deceaser}}
-[[Category:English ergative verbs]]
+{{cln|en|ergative verbs|heteronyms}}
-[[Category:English heteronyms]]

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