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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.),
fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
length from June to December.
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He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
Syn: To Decrease, Diminish.
Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
from within, or through some cause which is
imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
disease; his property is diminishing through
extravagance; their affection has diminished since
their separation their separation. The turn of
thought, however, is often such that these words may
be interchanged.
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The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. --Drayton.
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Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
--Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Decreasing \De*creas"ing\, a.
Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly,
adv.
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Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is
numerically smaller than the preceding term.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Decreasing \De*creas"ing\, a.
Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly,
adv.
Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is
numerically smaller than the preceding term.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.),
fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
length from June to December.
He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
Syn: To Decrease, Diminish.
Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
from within, or through some cause which is
imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
disease; his property is diminishing through
extravagance; their affection has diminished since
their separation their separation. The turn of
thought, however, is often such that these words may
be interchanged.
The olive leaf, which certainly them told The
flood decreased. --Drayton.
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before
the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
decreasing
adj 1: becoming less or smaller [ant: increasing]
2: music [ant: increasing]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decreasing
vb.
(present participle of en decrease nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
decreasing
vb.
(present participle of en decrease nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
decreasing
vb.
(present participle of en decrease nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
decreasing
vb.
(present participle of en decrease nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decreasing
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm d ecreas ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decreasing
Engelska a.
(avledning en decrease ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb decrease)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/ النقصFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]klesající
decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]ubývající
decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/ fallendFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][math.]
decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/
vermindernd, verringernd, reduzierend, nachlassend, herabsetzend, senkend
"Our sales are decreasing." - Unsere Verkäufe sind rückläufig.
see: decrease sth., decreased
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/
zurückgehend, abnehmend, sinkend, fallend, geringer werdend, sich verringernd, sich vermindernd
Synonyms: diminishing, falling
see: decrease, diminish, fall, decreased, diminished, fallen
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]decreasing /dˈiːkɹiːsɪŋ/ padajućiFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]/ˈdiˌkɹisɪŋ/, /dɪˈkɹisɪŋ/
递减From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
adj. 减少的