Definition
- (verb) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. “to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”
- (verb) To lose weight.
- (verb) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. “Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.”
- (verb) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. “to reduce a province or a fort”
- (verb) To bring to an inferior state or condition. “to reduce a city to ashes”
- (verb) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
- (verb) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (verb) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (verb) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (verb) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (verb) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
- (verb) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".) “It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.”
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- Reduce contains 0 letters: 0 vowel(s) and 0 consonant(s).
- It uses 0 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 0.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 0.
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What does Reduce mean?
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
How many letters are in Reduce?
Reduce has 6 letters.
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