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Synonyms for reduction
rɪˈdʌk ʃənre·duc·tion
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Wiktionary
reductionnoun
Antonyms:
increase, promotion, expansion, elevation, oxidationreductionnoun
Antonyms:
oxidation, promotion, increase, expansion, elevationreductionnoun
A 5% reduction in robberies
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expansion, elevation, promotion, oxidation, increasereductionnoun
Antonyms:
promotion, elevation, oxidation, expansion, increasereductionnoun
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elevation, oxidation, increase, promotion, expansionreductionnoun
Antonyms:
promotion, elevation, increase, expansion, oxidationreductionnoun
Antonyms:
promotion, expansion, elevation, oxidation, increasereductionnoun
Antonyms:
expansion, oxidation, promotion, elevation, increasereductionnoun
Antonyms:
increase, oxidation, elevation, promotion, expansion
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
reduction
Synonyms:
diminution, contraction, decrease, abatement
Princeton's WordNet
decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downnoun
the act of decreasing or reducing something
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reducing, lessening, simplification, decrease, decrement, drop-off, step-down, decline, diminutionreduction, reducingnoun
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
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simplification, decrease, reducing, step-down, diminutionreduction, simplificationnoun
the act of reducing complexity
Synonyms:
simplification, decrease, reducing, step-down, diminution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
reductionnoun
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conversion, resolution, transmutationreductionnoun
Synonyms:
diminution, contraction, decrease, abridgment, lessening, retrenchment, abatement, decrement, curtailment, loweringreductionnoun
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depression, detrusion, abasement, loweringreductionnoun
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subjugation, conquest, mastery, subdual, victory overreductionnoun
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(Math.) resolution, solution
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
reductionnoun
Synonyms:
diminution, abatement, minimization, decrement, debasement, subjugation, subjection, conquest, subdual, overthrow
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "reduction":
reduce, reducing, decrease, reduced, reductions, alleviation, abatement, decline, cut, downsizing, mitigation, drawdown, lowering, fight, réduction, drop, cutting, curtailment, struggle, narrowing, minimization, diminution, cuts, shortening, fall, lower, relief, decreased, decreasing, shrinking, reduces, markdown, rundown, cutback, control, lessening, attenuation, limitation, minimizing, discount
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#333 | control | |
#975 | discount | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2680 | reduced | |
#2750 | reduction | |
#2940 | relief | |
#3717 | cutting | |
#4576 | reducing | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#5131 | cuts | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#6994 | limitation | |
#7349 | reduces | |
#7537 | decreased | |
#9778 | reductions | |
#11106 | mitigation | |
#12520 | decreasing | |
#12580 | lowering | |
#18012 | minimizing | |
#19418 | contraction | |
#19980 | abatement | |
#21238 | shrinking | |
#22578 | attenuation | |
#22816 | simplification | |
#26926 | narrowing | |
#27613 | shortening | |
#28135 | minimization | |
#31285 | rundown | |
#35577 | alleviation | |
#36633 | downsizing | |
#51614 | decrement | |
#51972 | drawdown | |
#53466 | diminution | |
#53539 | lessening | |
#62743 | curtailment | |
#70270 | markdown | |
#94472 | cutback |
How to use reduction in a sentence?
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:
The dramatic reduction is evident across the southwest border, ... These numbers are lower because we've shown that we're serious about border security and enforcing our immigration laws.
The position of the National Harm Reduction Coalition is that criminalization of drugs has never worked to reduce drug use or addiction. It’s the opposite. Criminalization is the opposite of harm reduction.
We do see drops in some pesticides since the early ’90s when the Food Quality Protection Act was put into place, but we’re also seeing increases of other pesticides that have been substituted in their place which may not be any safer. That’s why there’s a push towards overall reduction in pesticide use.
Our experience has been very good, other countries may not achieve the same price reduction as in Norway but it can still be significant.
Average incomes have been increasing faster in China, in India, in Brazil, in the emerging world than in Europe and than in the USA, because of this effect, you have a reduction of global inequalities between those who live in China and those who live in other parts of the world.
Translations for reduction
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- reduksieAfrikaans
- نقصArabic
- redukce, sníženíCzech
- Reduzierung, ReduktionGerman
- ελάττωση, αναγωγή, μείωσηGreek
- rebaja, reducción, disminuciónSpanish
- vähennys, alentuminen, sieventäminen, kokoon keittäminen, pelkistys, vähentäminen, alennus, palautus, pelkistyminenFinnish
- réductionFrench
- רדוקציהHebrew
- riduzione, taglio, sgravio, diminuzioneItalian
- 削減Japanese
- რედუქცია, აღდგენაGeorgian
- pamazinājumsLatvian
- reductie, vermindering, kortingDutch
- reduksjonNorwegian
- снижение, уменьшениеRussian
- తగ్గింపుTelugu
- redüklenmeTurkish
- 減少Chinese
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