Decrease means to lower or go down. If you are driving above the speed limit, you should decrease your speed or risk getting a ticket. Students always want teachers to decrease the amount of homework.
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence;
Noun
the act of decreasing or reducing something
Noun
the amount by which something decreases
Noun
a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
Noun
a process of becoming smaller or shorter
Verb
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"
Verb
make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
n.
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength,
quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to
December.
v. t.
To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as,
extravagance decreases one's means.
v.
A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a
decrease of revenue or of strength.
v.
The wane of the moon.
Decrease
He must increase, but I must decrease.
The olive leaf, which certainly them told The flood decreased.
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
Decrease
That might decrease their present store.
Decrease
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence;
To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually;
A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay;
Usage Examples
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, cannot be doubted.
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