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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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
[WordNet 1.5]
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 ]
decreased
adj : made less in size or amount or degree [syn: reduced] [ant:
increased]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decreased
vb.
(infl of en decrease ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
decreased
vb.
(infl of en decrease ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
decreased
vb.
(infl of en decrease ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
decreased
vb.
(infl of en decrease ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decreased
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm d ecrease d)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decreased
Engelska a.
(avledning en decrease ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb decrease)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Decreased /dˈiːkɹiːst/ ناقصFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
decreased /dˈiːkɹiːst/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]snížený
decreased /dˈiːkɹiːst/
vermindert, verringert, reduziert, nachgelassen, herabgesetzt, gesenkt
"The medicine decreased his pain." - Das Medikament linderte seine Schmerzen.
see: decrease sth., decreasing
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
decreased /dˈiːkɹiːst/
zurückgegangen, abgenommen, gesunken, gefallen, geringer geworden, sich verringert, sich vermindert
Synonyms: diminished, fallen
see: decrease, diminish, fall, decreasing, diminishing, falling
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]decreased /dˈiːkɹiːst/ smanjen, snižen, snižene, umanjenFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈdiˌkɹist/, /dɪˈkɹist/