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de·crease (dē krēs′, di-; also, & for n. usually, dē′krēs′)
intransitive verb, transitive verb decreased -·creased′, decreasing -·creas′·ing
to become or cause to become less, smaller, etc.; diminish
Etymology: ME decresen < OFr decreistre < L decrescere < de-, from, away + crescere, grow: see crescent
noun
- a decreasing; lessening; diminution
- amount of decreasing
Etymology: ME decres
Related Forms:
- decreasingly de·creas·ingly adverb
decrease Idioms
on the decrease
decreasing
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