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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

decrease

/ˈdiːkriːs/

An illustration for decrease

verb

to reduce the size, amount, or number of something

  • “At your company, try to increase revenue or decrease costs.”Tatoeba
  • “This is a sign of decreasing morality in this country.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))

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