reduce

Etymology
From, from , from ; from +. See, and compare with.

Verb

 * 1)  To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
 * 2)  To lose weight.
 * 3)  To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
 * 4)  To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
 * 5)  To bring to an inferior state or condition.
 * 6)  To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
 * 7)   To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
 * 8)  To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
 * 9)  To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
 * 10)  To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
 * 11)  To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
 * 12)  To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
 * 13)  To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
 * 14)  To reform a line or column from (a square).
 * 15)  To strike off the payroll.
 * 16)  To annul by legal means.
 * 17)  To translate (a book, document, etc.).
 * 1)   To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
 * 2)  To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
 * 3)  To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
 * 4)  To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
 * 5)  To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
 * 6)  To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
 * 7)  To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
 * 8)  To reform a line or column from (a square).
 * 9)  To strike off the payroll.
 * 10)  To annul by legal means.
 * 11)  To translate (a book, document, etc.).
 * 1)  To strike off the payroll.
 * 2)  To annul by legal means.
 * 3)  To translate (a book, document, etc.).

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:thicken
 * ; see also Thesaurus:thicken

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: reducir, amenorgar, menguar
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: malpliigi,, redukti
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: ridusi
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μινύθω, συντέμνω
 * Hebrew: הִקְטִין, הִפְחִית,
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Irish: laghdaigh, ísligh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Ladin: redujer, reduje
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: mazināt, pamazināt, samazināt
 * Maori: whakamimiti, runa, māhaki, whakatāharahara, whakamimiti, whakapaku, whakahiato , nakunaku , tāharahara, māhurehure
 * Norman: rêduithe
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Romansch: reducir, reduzir, redutgier, redutgear, redür, redüer
 * Russian:, , , ,  ,
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: зме́ншувати, зме́ншити, зни́жувати, зни́зити
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרקלענערן


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, keventyä
 * Galician: perder peso,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, fogyasztja magát,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: stracić na wadzę,, zeszczupleć
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ísligh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 切り詰める
 * Polish:, zdegradować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: ísligh
 * Italian: ridurre in cattività,
 * Japanese: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Irish: ísligh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: keittää kokoon
 * Galician:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ангижруулах
 * Mongolian: ᠠᠩᢉᠢᠵᠢᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: színít, ,
 * Japanese: 不純物を取り除く
 * Polish: wytopić, wytapiać


 * Bulgarian:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, közös nevezőre hoz
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Tagalog: maliwin, magmaliw


 * Hungarian:


 * Hungarian: helyre tesz, helyre rak


 * Arabic:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) returning (from)

Noun

 * 1) survivor
 * 2) veteran of a conflict
 * 1) veteran of a conflict

Etymology
,, based on. Compare the inherited doublet.

Verb

 * 1)  to, to lessen