понижа́ть — meaning in English
ponizhat
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English meaning
- decrease verb To become smaller in amount, size, or degree; or to cause something to become smaller.
- deepen verb To make or become deeper.
- demote verb To move someone down to a lower rank or position.
- downgrade noun A lowering of an official rating, such as a firm's credit rating.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
Senses
понижа́ть is used for these senses in English:
- decrease (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
- deepen (transitive) To make lower in tone
- demote (transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
- downgrade To place lower in position.
- lower (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- lower (transitive) To depress as to direction
- lower (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- lower (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
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.
deepen — full definition
- verb To make or become deeper.
- verb To make or become more intense, serious, or extreme.
- verb To make or become darker in colour, or lower in tone or pitch.
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