decreasing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of decreasingnext
as in reducing

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decreasing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of decrease
1
as in diminishing
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow

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2
as in subsiding
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreasing
  1. reducing
  2. diminishing
  3. shortening
  4. shrinking
  5. falling
Verb
  • The states had argued that the new rule will impose weighty costs and risk destabilizing the nation's power grids without any quantifiable public health benefit for reducing emissions of hazardous air pollutants.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Automated Back-Office Operations AI uses advanced analytics and machine learning to add efficiency to back-office operations, increasing productivity and reducing costs.
    Babu Sivadasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of reducing
Verb
  • Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Chief among them is the war in Ukraine, where Moscow is intent on diminishing popular support among Americans for Ukrainian independence.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of diminishing
Noun
  • Always dry thoroughly, heat on the stovetop until completely dry, and apply a thin layer of oil or shortening.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Scatter the shortening over the top and process until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, about 10 seconds.
    Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of shortening
Verb
  • Steam pockets a 30% cut of every sale – shrinking to 25% or 20% for games selling more than $10 million or $50 million respectively.
    Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But the community’s population has been shrinking for decades, and some families have sold their land to outsiders for vacation homes.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of shrinking
Verb
  • Though prices for Rolex sports watches keep falling, the smaller Rolex Day-Date has shot up in value—a full 57 percent in Auguest, according to the watch market tracker Everywatch.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Even in a more benign scenario, its researchers also see Israel’s gross domestic product per head — which in recent years overtook the United Kingdom’s — falling this year, as Israel’s population grows faster than the economy and living standards decline.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of falling
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