Definition of Decrease

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Decrease

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.

To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.

A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.

The wane of the moon.

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Decrease Quotations

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.
Leo Tolstoy

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Bruce Lee

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.
Roseanne Barr

As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform.
Deborah Bull

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
Walter Benjamin

I just believe that the cost of marketing is going to increase and the cost of delivery is going to decrease as the Net gets stronger and mass media gets weaker.
Joichi Ito

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.
Havelock Ellis

The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing.
Herman Kahn

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.
Howard Coble

A $1.7 billion average increase in electricity costs is estimated to result in a $1.3 billion decrease in personal income and a loss of 13,000 more jobs in the region.
Greg Walden

Decrease Translations

decrease in Afrikaans is verminder
decrease in Dutch is afdraaien, verlagen
decrease in German is vermindern
decrease in Italian is togliere, abbassarsi, diminuzione, abbassarsi
decrease in Latin is tepesco, minuo minui minutum
decrease in Norwegian is nedgang, redusere, avta, minke
decrease in Spanish is baja, decrecer, disminucion, decrecer
decrease in Swedish is avtagande, minska

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