English

Etymology
L. term|reducere|langla, term|reductum|langla; prefix term|red-|langla. From term|re-|langla + term|ducere||to lead|lang=la. See term|duke, and compare with term|redoubt.

Pronunciation
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a|RP IPA|/ɹɪ�dju�s/, SAMPA|/rI"dju:s/
a|GenAm? IPA|/ɹɪ�du�s/, SAMPA|/rI"du:s/
:rhymes|u�s

Verb
en-verb|reduces|reducing|reduced

1. transitive To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

#*to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.

1. intransitive To lose weight.
2. transitive To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

#*to reduce a sergeant to the ranks
#*An ancient but reduced family. --Sir W. Scott.
#*Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. --Tillotson.
#*Having reduced their foe to misery beneath their fears. --Milton.
#*Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced. --Hawthorne.

1. transitive To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

#*to reduce a province or a fort

1. transitive To bring to an inferior state or condition.

#*to reduce a city to ashes

1. context|transitive|cooking To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
2. context|transitive|chemistry To add electrons to or remove hydrogen.
3. context|transitive|metallurgy To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
4. context|transitive|math To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.

Translations
trans-top|to bring down
Finnish: vähentää, supistaa, pienentää, alentaa, laskea
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trans-top|to lose weight
Finnish: laihtua
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trans-top|to bring to an inferior rank
Finnish: t|fi|alentaa
Hungarian: t|hu|csökkent
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trans-top|to bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture
Finnish: t|fi|alistaa, t|fi|kukistaa
Hungarian: t|hu|leigáz, t|hu|lever
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trans-top|to bring to an inferior state or condition
Finnish: t|fi|muuttaa
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trans-top|to decrease the liquid in food
Finnish: keittää kokoon
Hungarian: t|hu|besűrít
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trans-top|chemistry: to add electrons to or remove hydrogen
Finnish: t|fi|pelkistää
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trans-top|metallurgy: to remove non-metals from metal
Finnish: t|fi|pelkistää
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trans-top|math: to simplify a formula
Finnish: sieventää
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ا��ص IPAchar|(�ánqa�a)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (ji�nsh�o), �� (ji�nxi�o)
ttbc|Dutch: verminderen, reduceren
ttbc|French: diminuer, réduire
ttbc|German: vermindern, reduzieren
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ttbc|Italian: ridurre
ttbc|Japanese: ��� (���, herasu), 強�� (���, shiiru); �� (��, heru)
ttbc|Korean: 빼� (bbaeda), ��� (julida), �� (gamso)
ttbc|Portuguese: reduzir
ttbc|Russian: понижа�� (ponižát�)
ttbc|Spanish: mermar, reducir, disminuir, rebajar
ttbc|Swedish: reducera
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Related terms
reducible
reduction

References
R:1913

Romanian

Etymology
L.|ro term|reducere|lang=la.

Pronunciation
IPA|[re'du.ʧe]|lang=ro

Verb
ro-verb|3

1. transitive to #English|reduce, to lessen

Conjugation
ro-conj-duce|re

Related terms
reducere
reducţie

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• 2007-12-26 23:24 - Hekaheka - /* Verb */

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