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disincreases

disincreases is the plural of disincrease.

disincreases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disincrease.

Meaning of disincrease

Noun

disincrease (plural disincreases)

  1. (rare) The reduction of something that has increased or that typically increases.
    • It takes brisk, frosty weather for this lest the meat should spoil before being salted down and put away; and the darkies say it is bad luck to kill hogs except in “the disincrease" of the moon.1902, Table Talk - Volume 17, page 41

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Questions about disincreases

What is disincreases the plural of?
Disincreases is the plural of disincrease.

Words near disincreases in the dictionary

  1. disincorporating
  2. disincorporation
  3. disincorporations
  4. disincrease
  5. disincreased
  6. disincreases
  7. disincreasing
  8. disindividualisation
  9. disindividualise
  10. disindividualised
  11. disindividualises

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