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   reduce

   /rɪˈdjuːs/

   verb

   • 1. make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size: "the need for businesses to reduce costs" Similar lessenmake lessmake smallerlowerbring downdecreaseturn downdiminishtake the edge offminimizeshrinknarrowcontractshortenforeshortentruncatetapercloseabbreviatecondenseconcentrateabridgedepleteaxecutcut back/downmake cutbacks inscale downtrimslim (down)prunechopcurtaillimitmoderatelighteneasedilutemitigatecommutequalifyalleviaterelaxabateamortizemake cheaperlower the price oflower/cut in pricecheapencutmark downdiscountput on saleoffer at a giveaway priceinformal:slashknock downOpposite increaseenlargeput up
   • ▪ become smaller or less in size, amount, or degree: "the number of priority homeless cases has reduced slightly"
   • ▪ boil (a sauce or other liquid) in cooking so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated: "increase the heat and reduce the liquid"
   • ▪ (of a person) lose weight, typically by dieting: North American "by May she had reduced to 9 stone"
   • ▪ make (a negative or print) less dense.
   • ▪ articulate (a speech sound) in a way requiring less muscular effort, giving rise in vowels to a more central articulatory position.
   • 2. bring someone or something to (a worse or less desirable state or condition): "she has been reduced to near poverty" Similar bring tobring to the point offorce intodrive into
   • ▪ be forced by difficult circumstances into doing something desperate: "ordinary soldiers are reduced to begging"
   • ▪ make someone helpless with (shock, anguish, or amusement): "Olga was reduced to stunned silence"
   • ▪ force someone into (obedience or submission): "he reduced his grandees to due obedience" Similar bring tobring to the point offorce intodrive into
   • 3. change a substance to (a different or more basic form): "it is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust"
   • ▪ present a problem or subject in (a simplified form): "he reduces unimaginable statistics to manageable proportions"
   • ▪ convert a fraction to (the form with the lowest terms).
   • 4. cause to combine chemically with hydrogen: "hydrogen for reducing the carbon dioxide"
   • ▪ undergo or cause to undergo a reaction in which electrons are gained from another substance or molecule: "this compound reduces to potassium chloride"
   • 5. restore (a dislocated part of the body) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery: "Joe's reducing a dislocated thumb"
   • 6. besiege and capture (a town or fortress). archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin reducere, from re- ‘back, again’ + ducere ‘bring, lead’. The original sense was ‘bring back’ (hence ‘restore’, now surviving in reduce (sense 5)); this led to ‘bring to a different state’, then ‘bring to a simpler or lower state’ (hence reduce (sense 3)); and finally ‘diminish in size or amount’ (reduce (sense 1), dating from the late 18th century).

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   • 1. reducer noun

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   4 days ago · How to use reduce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Reduce. to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate; to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number…

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   4 days ago · Reduce: The next-best thing you can do is reduce the amount of waste that you generate. For example, if you can’t refuse to print a document, you can reduce the resulting waste by printing it on double-sided paper. Reuse: Single-use plastics do major harm to the environment: at least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year ...

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   1 day ago · noun. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. synonyms: reduction. see more. noun. loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer. “a doctor supervised her reducing ”. see more.

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   Jun 29, 2024 · What is MapReduce? MapReduce is the processing engine of the Apache Hadoop that was directly derived from the Google MapReduce. The MapReduce application is written basically in Java. It conveniently computes huge amounts of data by the applications of mapping and reducing steps in order to come up with the solution for the required problem.

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   5 days ago · It refers to both the use of English by people whose native language is something else and the instructional methods designed to teach English to non-native speakers. Several students go to ESL schools to prepare for study at a College or University.

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   2 days ago · Anxiety can be experienced with long, drawn-out daily symptoms that reduce quality of life, known as chronic (or generalized) anxiety, or it can be experienced in short spurts with sporadic, stressful panic attacks, known as acute anxiety.

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   4 days ago · Redundancy in writing: meaning, types, and ways to eliminate. Updated 02 Jul 2024. For effective communication, brevity is crucial. However, even experienced writers can unwittingly introduce repetition phrases, weakening their message and exhausting their readers.