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reduce
1. To bring down, diminish to a smaller number, amount, extent, etc., or to a single thing: "The store reduced the coat from $100 to $65."
2. In chemistry, to decompose (a compound); to resolve into a simpler compound or into the constituent element; minimize, dilute, moderate: "Water reduces the potency of an alcoholic drink."
3. To decrease one's weight, to slim down to a lower weight: "It's easier to reduce if we simply watch what we eat."
2. In chemistry, to decompose (a compound); to resolve into a simpler compound or into the constituent element; minimize, dilute, moderate: "Water reduces the potency of an alcoholic drink."
3. To decrease one's weight, to slim down to a lower weight: "It's easier to reduce if we simply watch what we eat."
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duc-, -duce, -duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive, -ducer, -ducement, -ducation
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re-, red-
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“reduce”
(Latin: small, little, less; decline, decrease, diminish; become less, reduce, becoming smaller or shorter)