English Online Dictionary. What means reduce? What does reduce mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English reducen, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + dūcō (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdjuːs/, /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈd(j)us/
- (Canada) IPA(key): [ɹɪˈd(j)ʉːs], [ɹɪˈdɪu̯s]
- Rhymes: -uːs
Verb
reduce (third-person singular simple present reduces, present participle reducing, simple past and past participle reduced)
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, obsolete) To translate (a book, document, etc.).
Synonyms
- (to bring down): cut, decrease, lower
- (cooking): inspissate; see also Thesaurus:thicken
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to bring down”): increase
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- reducing agent
References
- “reduce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Galician
Verb
reduce
- inflection of reducir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Etymology
From Latin redux (“that returns”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.du.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -ɛdutʃe
- Hyphenation: rè‧du‧ce
Adjective
reduce (plural reduci) [with da]
- returning (from)
- Synonym: ritornato
Noun
reduce m or f by sense (plural reduci)
- survivor
- Synonym: sopravvissuto
- veteran (of a conflict)
- Synonyms: veterano, ex combattente
Anagrams
- cudere, ducere
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /reˈduː.ke/, [rɛˈd̪uːkɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈdu.t͡ʃe/, [reˈd̪uːt͡ʃe]
Verb
redūce
- second-person singular present active imperative of redūcō
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈre.du.ke/, [ˈrɛd̪ʊkɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.du.t͡ʃe/, [ˈrɛːd̪ut͡ʃe]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈre.du.ke/, [ˈrɛd̪ʊkɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.du.t͡ʃe/, [ˈrɛːd̪ut͡ʃe]
Adjective
rĕduce
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of rē̆dux
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reducere, French réduire, based on duce. Compare the inherited doublet arăduce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈdutʃe/, [re̞ˈd̪utʃe̞]
Verb
a reduce (third-person singular present reduce, past participle redus) 3rd conjugation
- (transitive) to reduce, to lessen
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- duce
See also
- arăduce
Spanish
Verb
reduce
- inflection of reducir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative