減少 — meaning in English

English meaning

• decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
• dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
• letup noun A pause or period of slackening.

Senses

減少 is used for these senses in English:

• decrease An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
• decrease (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
• letup A pause or period of slackening.

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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