reduce

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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, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd(j)us/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Verb

reduce (third-person singular simple present reduces, present participle reducing, simple past and past participle reduced)

1. (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
2. (intransitive) To lose weight.
3. (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
4. (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

5. (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.

6. (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
8. (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.

9. (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
10. (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
11. (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
12. (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
13. (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)

14. (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
15. (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
16. (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
17. (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
18. (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

1. inflection of reducir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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) [+ da (object)]

1. returning (from)

   Synonym: ritornato

Noun

reduce m or f by sense (plural reduci)

1. survivor

   Synonym: sopravvissuto

2. veteran (of a conflict)

   Synonyms: veterano, ex combattente

Anagrams

• cudere, ducere

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈduː.ke/, [rɛˈd̪uːkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈdu.t͡ʃe/, [reˈd̪uːt͡ʃe]

Verb

redūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of redūcō

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.du.ke/, [ˈrɛd̪ʊkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.du.t͡ʃe/, [ˈrɛːd̪ut͡ʃe]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.du.ke/, [ˈrɛd̪ʊkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.du.t͡ʃe/, [ˈrɛːd̪ut͡ʃe]

Adjective

rĕduce

1. 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 conj.

1. (transitive) to reduce, to lessen

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• duce

See also

• arăduce

Spanish

Verb

reduce

1. inflection of reducir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative