pienetä — meaning in English

English meaning

• decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
• descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.

Senses

pienetä is used for these senses in English:

• decrease (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• descend To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
• descend (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

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.

descend — full definition

1. verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
2. verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
3. verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.

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