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Definition of decrease
decreased
;decreasing
intransitive verb
: to grow progressively less (as in size, amount, number, or intensity) Yearly sales decreased by five percent. His little remaining strength had been decreasing rapidly for two or three days preceding … — Charles Dickens
transitive verb
: to cause to decrease decrease the risk of heart disease trying to decrease our use of fossil fuels
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Examples of decrease in a Sentence
Sales decreased by five percent this year.
The driver decreased her speed as she approached the curve.
These changes will decrease our expenses.
Recent Examples of decrease from the Web
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Nine months after her surgery, her pain decreased to a manageable level.
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Money in the budget would decrease the waiting list by about 900 students in 2017-18.
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Meanwhile, the strike range from carriers has decreased.
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In Jefferson County, the percentage of the population living in a food desert has decreased since then — falling from 8.3 percent in 2010 to 6.1 percent in 2015, according to Healthy Louisville.
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The administration might even just decrease the number of briefings altogether.
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Humphries served as Bam Adebayo's backup for much of his sophomore season but saw his minutes decrease over the course of the year while Adebayo's role grew.
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Decrease the mixer speed to low and beat in the sour cream mixture.
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After a consultant recommended changes to the automatic light schedules on U.S. 1, Miami-Dade says northbound travel times decreased an average of 10 minutes between Southwest 152nd Street and Southwest 16th Avenue.
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Origin and Etymology of decrease
Middle English decreessen, from Anglo-French decrestre, from Latin decrescere, from de- + crescere to grow — more at crescent
Synonym Discussion of decrease
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Definition of decrease
1 : the process of growing progressively less (as in size, amount, number, or intensity) : the process of decreasing a decrease in productivity
2 : an amount of diminution : reduction a decrease of 20,000 saw a 20% decrease in violent crime
Examples of decrease in a Sentence
Studies report a recent decrease in traffic accidents.
Because of the injury, some decrease in mobility is to be expected.
a decrease of three dollars
Recent Examples of decrease from the Web
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Having kids almost guarantees a decrease in A.M. above-neck prep time—but why not capitalize on the pare down?
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Those are both improvements over the AHCA’s final score of 23 million people losing coverage and a decrease in the deficit of $119 billion.
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This year, the Medicare board of trustees had anticipated a decrease, but instead premiums rose 10 percent after rising 16 percent in 2016, the HealthView report said.
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The beer maker switched distributors and voluntarily recalled its No. 1 selling Milk Stout Nitro, a significant hit that contributed to an 11 percent decrease in annual production.
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Mobile saw an actual decrease in sales tax revenues in the 2015-16 fiscal year; for the general fund, sales tax revenues dropped from 150.4 million to $147.5 million.
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Prine said new Lake Station customers would see about a $6 decrease on their monthly water bills.
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That's the fourth consecutive quarter of decreases.
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To make matters worse, doctors at Santa Rosália, which serves more than 60 municipalities, had not been paid for eight months due to a decrease in funding for public health.
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Origin and Etymology of decrease
see 1decrease
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DECREASE Defined for English Language Learners
decrease
playDefinition of decrease for English Language Learners
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: to become smaller in size, amount, number, etc.
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: to make (something) smaller in size, amount, number, etc.
decrease
playDefinition of decrease for English Language Learners
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: the act of becoming smaller or of making something smaller in size, amount, number, etc.
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: the amount by which something is made smaller
DECREASE Defined for Kids
Definition of decrease for Students
decreased
;decreasing
: to grow less or cause to grow less The numbers of students decreased.
Word Root of decrease
The Latin word crēscere, meaning “to grow,” gives us the root cresc or cre. Words from the Latin crēscere have something to do with growing. To increase is to grow greater in size or amount. To decrease is to grow smaller in size or amount. A crescendo in music is when the volume slowly grows louder.
Definition of decrease for Students
1 : the process of growing less a gradual decrease in interest
2 : the amount by which something grows less The school saw a five percent decrease in students.
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