Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)Of a quantity, to become smaller.

    The quality of our products has decreased since the main designer left.

    abnehmen

    уменьша́тьсяumenʹšátʹsja, уме́ньшитьсяuménʹšitʹsja, снижа́тьсяsnižátʹsja

    make become smaller

  2. (transitive)To make (a quantity) smaller.

    Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.

    verringern

    уменьша́тьumenʹšátʹ, уме́ньшитьuménʹšitʹ, понижа́тьponižátʹ

Examples

166 sentences
  1. The number of students is decreasing year by year.

    Кількість студентів зменшується з року на рік.

    ruКоличество студентов уменьшается из года в год.

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  2. This medicine will decrease your pain.

    deDieses Medikament wird deine Schmerzen lindern.

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  3. Cases of this nature are decreasing.

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  4. Why has the crime rate decreased?

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  5. The population of this village had decreased.

    deDie Bevölkerung dieses Dorfes hat abgenommen.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
become smaller:
make smaller:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
become smaller:
make smaller:

Origin

From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descr

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

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Forms

decreases, decreasing, decreased, decreased
Base formdecrease · to decrease
3rd person singulardecreases
Present participledecreasing
Past simpledecreased
Past participledecreased

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecrease
he, she, itdecreases

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecreased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decreased
he, she, ithas decreased

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decrease

Synonyms

18 synonyms
become smaller:dropA1
make smaller:abate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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