Reduce - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Shorten (a word, phrase, or text).

Примеры использования:

‘network’ is often abbreviated to ‘net’

verb

To shorten a word or words, or to make something shorter

Примеры использования:

We had to abbreviate the names of the states., an abbreviated version was published last year.

verb

To make a word or phrase shorter by using only the first letters of each word

Примеры использования:

Abbreviate something as "chief executive officer" is abbreviated as "ceo"., abbreviate something to…

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Примеры использования:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Примеры использования:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

verb

Make (something) denser or more concentrated.

Примеры использования:

The morning play on saturday was condensed into a half-hour package

verb

To reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in length

Примеры использования:

I condensed ten pages of comments into/to two.

verb

To make a liquid thicker by removing some of the water

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Примеры использования:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Примеры использования:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

A legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself

Примеры использования:

She already has a contract for her next book with a publisher., i have no other contractual obligat…

verb

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

Примеры использования:

The population of the area has decreased radically

noun

An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.

Примеры использования:

A decrease in births

verb

To become smaller or make something less

Примеры использования:

[ i ] car sales decreased sharply this year., i haven’t noticed any decrease in ticket sales.

verb

Make or become less.

Примеры использования:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Примеры использования:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

verb

Portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.

Примеры использования:

Seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened

verb

To reduce something or make it shorter

Примеры использования:

Smoking was certainly one of the factors that foreshortened his life.

verb

To draw, paint, or photograph people or objects to make them seem smaller or closer together than they really are

verb

Make or become less; diminish.

Примеры использования:

The years have lessened the gap in age between us

verb

To become or make something smaller in amount or degree

Примеры использования:

[ t ] keeping your weight down can lessen the risk of heart disease.

verb

To make something smaller, less noticeable, etc., or to become smaller, less noticeable, etc.

Примеры использования:

Corporate executives are keen to embrace "green technology" in order to lessen their dependence on …

adjective

Less high in position.

Примеры использования:

The lower levels of the building

adverb

Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

Примеры использования:

Lower cretaceous

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Примеры использования:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

verb

Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Примеры использования:

The aim is to minimize costs

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Примеры использования:

We do all that we can to minimize the risk of infection., he minimized his involvement in the scand…

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Примеры использования:

We rented an office in the cheap part of town to minimize costs., you should spread your investment…

adjective

Of small width in relation to length.

Примеры использования:

He made his way down the narrow road

verb

Become or make less wide.

Примеры использования:

The road narrowed and crossed an old bridge

noun

A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water.

Примеры использования:

There was a car ferry across the narrows of loch long

verb

Make or become shorter.

Примеры использования:

He shortened his stride

verb

Make short or shorter

verb

To make something shorter in length, distance, or height

Примеры использования:

I’d like to have this jacket shortened by about two inches., a high school knee injury probably sho…

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Примеры использования:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

noun

A psychiatrist.

Примеры использования:

You should see a shrink

verb

To become smaller or cause something to become smaller

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the show’s audience has shrunk in the last few months., [ t ] i shrank my sweater by putting …

idiom

To make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone

Примеры использования:

Have an apple - it'll take the edge off your hunger., his apology took the edge off her anger.

verb

Diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end.

Примеры использования:

The tail tapers to a rounded tip

noun

A slender candle.

Примеры использования:

He lit the tapers in the silver candelabra

verb

To become gradually narrower

Примеры использования:

[ t ] the drill bit is tapered on one end.

verb

Shorten the duration or extent of.

Примеры использования:

He was a sensational player whose career was truncated by injuries

adjective

(of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.

Примеры использования:

The ends are usually acute or obtuse, but sometimes also fish tail-like, truncate or vague.

verb

To make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it

Примеры использования:

Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault.