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decrease

Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹiːs/

The English word “decrease” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  2. To make (a quantity) smaller.

noun

  1. An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
  2. A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).

Etymology

From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.

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