Decreases

Synonyms for "decreases" (318 found)

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languish leach leakage let up letup lighten lour lowering mark measure melt melt away miniaturization minimize mitigate mitigation modify mollify movement narrow narrow place narrowing neck number pale parcel pare peter out plummet plunge progressive pucker pucker up puckering purify purse pursing quantify quantize quiet rate rebate recede refine regular relax relaxation relieve remission remit remove retraction retrenchment roll back rub away run low sag sagging scalar scale scale down shade off shave shorten shortening shrink shrinkage shrinking shrivel up simplicity simplify sink slack slacken slackening slash slide slow down solidification solidify squander step step down strangle stranglement strangulate strangulation striction stricture subduct subtract subtraction systole tail off take away take from taper taper off thin thin out trail trim truncation tune down using using up waning wasp waist wastage waste waste away weakening wear wear away wearing wearing away weed withdraw wizen wrinkle wrinkling

Verb(13 words)

foreshorten go down lilliputianize lower mince minify minish plummet plunge reduce shrink sink wane

Noun(5 words)

lessening loss lowering shrinkage step-down

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A valuable object decreases in value if it is damaged.

Source: tatoeba (20150)

The population of the town decreases year by year.

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The mean value of the frequency decreases with increasing amplitude.

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Male circumcision decreases the risk of viral infections that cause herpes and cancer.

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