different between decrease vs degressive
decrease
English
Etymology
From Middle English decresen, discresen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descreistre (French: décroître), from Latin decrescere.
Pronunciation
- (verb) enPR: d?kr?s', IPA(key): /d??k?i?s/
- (noun) enPR: d?'kr?s, IPA(key): /?di?k?i?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
Verb
decrease (third-person singular simple present decreases, present participle decreasing, simple past and past participle decreased)
- (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
Synonyms
- (become smaller): drop, fall, go down, plummet (rapidly), plunge (rapidly), reduce, shrink, sink; See also Thesaurus:decrease
- (make smaller): abate, cut, decrement, lower, reduce; See also Thesaurus:diminish
Antonyms
- (become larger): go up, grow, increase, rise, soar (rapidly), shoot up (rapidly); See also Thesaurus:increase
- (make larger): increase, increment, raise, up (informal); See also Thesaurus:augment
Related terms
- decretion
- increase
Translations
Noun
decrease (countable and uncountable, plural decreases)
- An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
- (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
Synonyms
- (amount by which a quantity is decreased): cut, decrement, drop, fall, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage
Antonyms
- (amount by which a quantity is decreased): gain, increase, increment, raise (US, of pay), rise
Translations
Anagrams
- deceaser
decrease From the web:
- what decreases iron absorption
- what decreases milk supply
- what decreases blood pressure
- what decreases testosterone
- what decrease mean
- what decreases blood glucose levels
- what decreases aggregate demand
- what decreases biodiversity
degressive
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?s?v
Adjective
degressive (comparative more degressive, superlative most degressive)
- Tending to decrease
- Decreasing in steps
German
Adjective
degressive
- inflection of degressiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
degressive
- feminine plural of degressivo
Anagrams
- divergesse
degressive From the web:
- what degressive tax
- what does regressive mean
- what is degressive proportionality
- regressive taxation
- what are degressive lenses
- what is degressive tax system
- what is degressive depreciation
- what does regressive tax meaning
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