reduce
🇺🇸
/rɪˈduːs/
🇬🇧
/rɪˈdjuːs/
verb
A2
to make something smaller or less in amount, size, or number
Using energy-efficient bulbs can reduce electricity bills.
R
to boil a liquid to make it less in amount
Simmer the sauce to reduce it and make it thicker.
R
to lose weight by eating less food
She started to reduce by cutting out snacks.
R
to add electrons to or remove oxygen from a substance
The chemical reaction will reduce the metal compound.
translation
to make something smaller or less in amount, size, or number; to boil a liquid to make it less in amount; to lose weight by eating less food; to add electrons to or remove oxygen from a substance
Word Forms
3rd Present
reduces
Past
reduced
Perfect
reduced
Progressive
reducing