Past tense of reduce
regular verb
The past tense of reduce is reduced. The past participle is also reduced.
Forms of reduce
| Base form (V1) | reduce /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | reduced /ɹɪˈdjuːst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | reduced /ɹɪˈdjuːst/ |
| Present participle | reducing /ɹɪˈdjuː.sɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | reduces /ɹɪˈdjuː.sɪz/ |
Reduced in a sentence
- Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6
- reduced to silence
- Despite the reduced price of goods at the BX, everything is of high quality.From the entry bx
- Our contraction of debt in this quarter has reduced our ability to attract investors.From the entry contraction
- The defendant pleaded insanity in the hope of getting a reduced sentence.From the entry insanity
Meaning of reduce
- verb To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- verb To lose weight.
- verb To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
Questions about the past tense of reduce
- What is the past tense of reduce?
- The past tense of reduce is reduced.
- What is the past participle of reduce?
- The past participle of reduce is reduced.
- Is reduce a regular or irregular verb?
- Reduce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reduce (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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