decrease

Speech parts

1. decrease - Noun

2. decrease - Verb

Meaning

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.

To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.

A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.

The wane of the moon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fall diminish lower reduce reduction drop shrink lessen abate decrement cut contract decline moderate minimize
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Antonyms

increase rise grow raise increment march
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Derivatives

decreased decreasing

Anagrams

deceaser

Examples

Poverty consists not in the decrease in one's possessions, but in the increase in one's greed. Plato

He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by another, does not decrease his love toward him. John Climacus

He must increase, but I must decrease. John the Baptist

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. Bruce Lee

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. French Proverb

Free things decrease one's intelligence. Burundi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

decrassify decream decreasable decrease in decrease in blood pressure decrease in employment