vähentää — meaning in English
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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.
- deduct verb To subtract or take away an amount from a total.
- derogate verb To partially repeal (a law etc.).
- detract verb To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
- rebate noun A partial refund given after a purchase or payment.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
- subtract verb To take one number or amount away from another.
Senses
vähentää is used for these senses in English:
- abate To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
- abate Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]
- cut down (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
- decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
- deduct To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- derogate (ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]
- detract (intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- dial down (idiomatic, transitive) To reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
decrease — full definition
- verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- noun A reduction in the size or amount of something.