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re·duc·tion (ri duk′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a reducing or being reduced
  2. anything made or brought about by reducing, as a smaller copy, lowered price, sauce of concentrated liquid, etc.
  3. the amount by which anything is reduced

Etymology: LME reduccion < MFr reduction < L reductio < reductus, pp. of reducere

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reduction Synonyms

reduction

n.

  1. The process of making smaller

    decrease, contraction, diminution, lowering, lessening, shortening, abatement, discount, reducing, conversion, deoxidation, refinement, attenuation, atrophy, condensation, loss, decline, compression, depression, subtraction, retrenchment, downsizing, cutback, shrinkage, miniaturization, concision, constriction, modification, minimization, curtailment, abbreviation, abridgment, decrescence, syncope, ellipsis, elision, assuagement, modulation, moderation, mitigation, remission, decrement.

    Antonyms increase*, increasing*, enlargement. *

  2. An amount that constitutes reduction, sense 1

    decrease, rebate, cut; see discount.


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reduction Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • achieve: There is no evidence that trading by itself can achieve adequate reductions.

Converse of subject

  • offset: Over the period up to 2020, rises in the pension age population are largely offset by a reduction in the numbers of children.

Adjective modifier

  • significant: The result is a significant reduction in pod formation.

Modifies a noun

  • target: The Government must commit itself to traffic reduction targets.

Noun used with modifier

  • poverty: What can be done at all policy levels to support poverty reduction?

Preposition: in

  • emission: The UK has set itself onto a path of a 60 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

Preposition: of

  • emission: These were 66 % of the traffic on motorways in 2001 which gives a 6 % reduction of total motorway emissions of CO 2.
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