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reduced

/ɹɪˈdjuːst/

verb

Meaning

  • To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

    "to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."

  • To lose weight.

  • To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

    "Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."

  • To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

    "to reduce a province or a fort"

  • To bring to an inferior state or condition.

    "to reduce a city to ashes"

  • To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.

  • To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.

  • To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.

  • To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.

  • To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.

  • To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form

  • To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)

    "It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."

  • To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

  • To reform a line or column from (a square).

  • To strike off the payroll.

  • To annul by legal means.

  • To translate (a book, document, etc.).

    "a book reduced into English"

Synonyms

inspissate,
cut,
decrease,
lower

adjective

Meaning

  • Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.

    "the reduced prices in a summer sale"

  • Discounted in price.

    "the reduced goods at the sale"

  • Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.

    "The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce."