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decreasing Definition


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decrease
verb
    tr & intr
    decreased, decreasing
    1. To make or become less.
      Thesaurus: lessen, wane, taper, diminish, dwindle, decline, abate, subside, slacken, drop; reduce, curtail; Antonym: increase.
noun
    decreases
    1. A lessening or loss. Opposite of increase.
      Thesaurus: reduction, decline, lessening, dwindling, ebb, downturn, abatement, cutback, discount, subsidence, diminution; Antonym: increase.
Derivative: decreasingly
adverb
    Etymology: 14c: from Latin decrescere.



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