decrease
/dɪˈkɹiːs/
decrease verb: of a quantity, to become smaller.
Verb
decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased)
Noun
decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases)
- An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
- After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight decrease in sales last year.
- One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.
- A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
decrease meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
decrease in Hindi
- become smaller
- घटना ghaṭnā
- make smaller
- घटाना ghaṭānā
- amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased
- कटौती kaṭautī, घाटा ghāṭā
decrease in Tamil
- குறை, சுருக்கு, நறுக்கு
decrease in Marathi
- to decrease, diminish, fall
- घटणे ghaṭṇe
decrease in Urdu
- to decrease, to dwindle, to decline
- گھٹنا ghaṭnā
More languagesFewer languages
- decrease in Bengali
- কমা koma, কমানো komanō
- decrease in Telugu
- తగ్గించు taggiñcu, తగ్గు taggu, తగ్గుదల taggudala, తగ్గుట tagguṭa
- decrease in Malayalam
- കുറച്ചിൽ kuṟaccil
- decrease in Kannada
- ಕುಂದು, ಕುಗ್ಗು, ತವು, ತವುಂಕು
- decrease in Punjabi
- ਡਿੱਗਣਾ ḍiggaṇā, ਉੱਤਰਣਾ uttarṇā
- decrease in Gujarati
- કસવું kasvũ
- decrease in Odia
- କଟାଇବା kaṭāibā
- decrease in Sanskrit
- ग्लानि glāní, हानि hāni, क्षीयते kṣīyáte
- decrease in Assamese
- কমা koma, কমোৱা komüa
- decrease in Persian
- کاستن kâstan, کاهش kâheš
- decrease in Vietnamese
- hạ
Examples of decrease in a sentence
- As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases.
- One of the major upshots of prefab building is its decreased environmental impact.
- The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
Synonyms of decrease
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Forms of decrease
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | decreases |
| present participle | decreasing |
| past participle | decreased |
| past | decreased |
| Noun | |
| plural | decreases |
Origin of decrease
From Middle English decresen, alteration of discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.
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Questions about decrease
- What does decrease mean?
- Decrease means of a quantity, to become smaller.
- What is decrease in Hindi?
- Decrease in Hindi is घटना (ghaṭnā), घटाना (ghaṭānā), कटौती (kaṭautī). See Decrease meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is decrease?
- Decrease can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce decrease?
- Decrease is pronounced /dɪˈkɹiːs/.
- What is the past tense of decrease?
- The past tense of decrease is decreased.
Words near decrease in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: decrease (page history and authors); decrease (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); घटणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); گھٹنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); কমা (Bengali) (page history and authors); క్షయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); കുറച്ചിൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); decrease (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉੱਤਰਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કસવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); କଟାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors); क्षीयते (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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