reduce
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[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /rɪˈdjuːs/, SAMPA: /rI"dju:s/
- (US) IPA (key): /rɪˈduːs/, SAMPA: /rI"du:s/
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Verb
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- (transitive) If something is reduced, it has been brought down or made smaller.
- The new computer system should reduce the number of problems.
- This image is too large, could you please reduce the size?
- Eating well will reduce the risk of heart disease.
- Our time in the country was reduced to just a few days.
- Taxes have been reduced by 24 percent.
- (transitive & intransitive) If you reduce a liquid, you boil it to make it thicker.