减少 — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
• diminish verb To make something smaller, weaker, or less important.
• lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
• reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
• shrink verb To become or make smaller.

Senses

减少 is used for these senses in English:

• abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
• cut down (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
• decrease (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• diminish (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• downsize (intransitive) To reduce in size or number.
• go down (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
• lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• shrink (transitive) To cause to become smaller.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

decrease — full definition

1. verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
2. noun A reduction in the size or amount of something.

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