English to English
verb
- cut down on; make a reduction in
Reduce your daily fat intake.
The employer wants to cut back health benefits.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make less complex
Reduce a problem to a single question.
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- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
He reduced the population to slavery.
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- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
She reduced her niece to a servant.
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- be the essential element
The proposal boils down to a compromise.
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- reduce in size; reduce physically
Hot water will shrink the sweater.
Can you shrink this image?.
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- lessen and make more modest
Reduce one's standard of living.
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- make smaller
Reduce an image.
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- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
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- narrow or limit
Reduce the influx of foreigners.
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- put down by force or intimidation
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising.
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently.
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land.
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- undergo meiosis
The cells reduce.
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- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
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- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
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- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened.
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- be cooked until very little liquid is left
The sauce should reduce to one cup.
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- cook until very little liquid is left
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time.
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- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Cut bourbon.
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- take off weight
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- To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [ridiús] Pakauntiin; bawasan; awasan; kulangan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
