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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
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depreciation
English
Etymology
From French dépréciation.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?i????e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)
- The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
- The decline in value of assets.
- (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
Translations
See also
- depreciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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