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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

reduction Related Forms
re·duc′·tional adjective
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.

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.
  • drastic: The present portal is a drastic reduction of the original with 18th-century details replacing all but the doorway.
  • substantial: A substantial reduction in the top rate of tax 2. ... .
  • dramatic: Nonetheless, dramatic reductions in salt intake are generally effective for many people with hypertension.
  • gradual: There will be a gradual reduction in the amount of capital owing.
  • marked: Cherryl A. , Office Manager: " Over the last three months there has been a marked reduction in absenteeism.

Modifies a noun

  • target: The Government must commit itself to traffic reduction targets.
  • artifact: There is the odd spec of noise her & there, some edge enhancement effects & digital noise reduction artifacts in varying amounts.

Noun used with modifier

  • poverty: What can be done at all policy levels to support poverty reduction?
  • cent: The Prime Minister has set a target for a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle crime by March 2004.
  • emission: To get verification of emissions reductions, you need to implement an effective JI project that complies with the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol.
  • crime: Crime reduction is not just the job of the police.
  • harm: An economic analysis of a harm reduction intervention in Svetlogorsk, Belarus.
  • casualty: In order to focus the efforts on casualty reduction, the Government has set targets to be achieved by 2010.

Preposition: in

  • emission: The UK has set itself onto a path of a 60 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
  • consumption: A: Reduction in consumption of benzodiazepines, mainly by elderly patients.
  • crime: The Prime Minister has set a target for a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle crime by March 2004.

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.