A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it. a decrease in the number of young people out of work Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent -- a decrease of 40 per cent. to become less or go down to a lower level, or to make something do this reduce increase (decreistre, from decrescere, from crescere ). the process of becoming less, or the amount by which something becomes less increase = reduction decrease in
decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity. Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96 Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1% last week Since 1945 air forces have decreased in size Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices