/rɪˈdjuːs/
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Translation
To make something smaller in size, amount, or price.
Word origin
From Latin reducere, to lead back, from re-, back, and ducere, to lead. The meaning moved from bringing back to bringing down.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- reducere
- English cognates
- reduction
Grammar
Verb typeregular (reduce, reduces, reduced)
Examples
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"Reduce" means make the amount smaller.
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A common shopping use; reduced prices are lower prices.
slower .
Here it means makes the risk smaller.
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