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Reducing

/ɹɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/

To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

📖 Definitions of "Reducing"

verb
  1. 1

    To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

    "to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."

  2. 2

    To lose weight.

  3. 3

    To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

    "Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."

  4. 4

    To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

    "to reduce a province or a fort"

adjective
  1. 1

    That causes reduction.

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