decrease

decrease
1. intransitive verb
abnehmen; [Anzahl, Einfuhr, Produktivität:] abnehmen, zurückgehen; [Stärke, Gesundheit:] nachlassen

decrease in value/size/weight — an Wert/Größe/Gewicht verlieren

decrease in price — im Preis fallen

2. transitive verb
reduzieren; [ver]mindern [Wert, Lärm, Körperkraft]; schmälern [Popularität, Macht]
3. noun
Rückgang, der; (in weight, stocks) Abnahme, die; (in strength, power, energy) Nachlassen, das; (in value, noise) Minderung, die

a decrease in speed — eine Minderung der Geschwindigkeit

be on the decrease — see 1.

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1. [di'kri:s] verb
(to make or become less: Their numbers had decreased over the previous year.) abnehmen
2. ['di:kri:s] noun
(a growing less: a decrease of fifty per cent; a gradual decrease in unemployment.) die Abnahme
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de·crease
I. vi
[dɪˈkri:s, ˈdi:kri:s]
crime, unemployment, inflation abnehmen, zurückgehen
II. vt
[dɪˈkri:s, ˈdi:kri:s]
▪ to \decrease sth etw reduzieren
to \decrease costs Kosten verringern [o reduzieren]
to \decrease prices/spending Ausgaben/Preise senken
to \decrease production die Produktion drosseln
III. n
[ˈdi:kri:s]
Abnahme f; numbers Rückgang m
\decrease in births Geburtenrückgang m
\decrease in price Preissenkung f
▪ to be on the \decrease rückläufig sein
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[diː'kriːs]
1. vi
abnehmen; (figures, output, life expectancy, birth rate, production) zurückgehen, abnehmen; (strength, enthusiasm, intensity) nachlassen; (in knitting) abnehmen

in decreasing order of importance — in der Reihenfolge ihrer Bedeutung

it decreases in value — es verliert an Wert

2. vt
verringern, reduzieren
3. n
['diːkriːs] Abnahme f; (in figures, output, life expectancy, birth rate, production) Rückgang m; (in strength, enthusiasm, intensity) Nachlassen nt

decrease in speed — Verminderung or Abnahme f der Geschwindigkeit

to be on the decrease — abnehmen

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decrease [diːˈkriːs]
A v/i (allmählich) abnehmen, sich vermindern, sich verringern:
the days decrease in length die Tage werden kürzer;
decreasing series MATH fallende Reihe
B v/t vermindern, -ringern, -kleinern, -kürzen, herabsetzen, reduzieren
C s [a. ˈdiːkriːs] Abnahme f, Verminderung f, Verringerung f, Verkleinerung f, Verkürzung f, Reduzierung f, Rückgang m (alle:
in gen):
be on the decrease → A;
decrease in prices Preisrückgang;
decrease in value Wertminderung f
dec. abk
1. deceased verstorben
2. declaration
3. declension
4. decrease
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1. intransitive verb
abnehmen; [Anzahl, Einfuhr, Produktivität:] abnehmen, zurückgehen; [Stärke, Gesundheit:] nachlassen

decrease in value/size/weight — an Wert/Größe/Gewicht verlieren

decrease in price — im Preis fallen

2. transitive verb
reduzieren; [ver]mindern [Wert, Lärm, Körperkraft]; schmälern [Popularität, Macht]
3. noun
Rückgang, der; (in weight, stocks) Abnahme, die; (in strength, power, energy) Nachlassen, das; (in value, noise) Minderung, die

a decrease in speed — eine Minderung der Geschwindigkeit

be on the decrease — see 1.

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n.
Minderung f.
Rückgang -¨e m.
Verkleinerung f.
Verminderung f.
Verringerung f. v.
abnehmen v.
herabsetzen v.
kleiner werden ausdr.
nachlassen v.
reduzieren v.
sich vermindern v.
vermindern v.
verringern v.

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