decrease

Etymology
From, alteration of , from , (French: ), from.

Verb

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

Synonyms

 * ,, , , plunge , , , ; See also Thesaurus:decrease
 * ,, , , ; See also Thesaurus:diminish

Antonyms

 * ,, , , , shoot up ; See also Thesaurus:increase
 * ,, , ; See also Thesaurus:augment

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: কমা
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܨܹܪ
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bulgarian: намаля́вам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: formindske,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malpliiĝi, malaltiĝi
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Gallurese: affluscià
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: schwiine
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: μινύθω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: laghdaigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: азаю
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەم کردن
 * Maori: pāitiiti
 * Middle English: discresen
 * Norwegian:, forringe
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: calai, menguai
 * Logudorese: menguare, minimare
 * Sassarese: miminà, abbracà
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Assamese: কমোৱা
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܒܨܸܪ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malpliigi,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: הפחית
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: vähentää
 * Irish: laghdaigh
 * Italian:, far calare, , , decrementare
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەم کردن
 * Middle English: discresen
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Logudorese: mèngua
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1) An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
 * [[File:One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease.ogg]]
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Antonyms

 * ,, , , rise

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: disminució, decreixença
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, vähenemä,
 * Galician:, mingua, devalo
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐλάττωσις
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: laghdú
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: ero
 * Norwegian: forringelse
 * Old English: æfwela
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: yawyay
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: зме́ншення, зни́ження