reduce

Phonetics

/ɹɪˈdjuːs/

/ɹɪˈduːs/

verb

To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
Example: to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.
To lose weight.
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
Example: Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
Example: to reduce a province or a fort
To bring to an inferior state or condition.
Example: to reduce a city to ashes
To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
Example: It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.
To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
To reform a line or column from (a square).
To strike off the payroll.
To annul by legal means.
To translate (a book, document, etc.).
Example: a book reduced into English

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