Reduce
Meaning
Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
Pronunciation
UK rɪˈdjuːs
US rɪˈduːs
Example Sentences
- His main areas of interest in philanthropy have been improving health, and in particular helping to reduce diseases, such as polio which affect young children.
- Making hardware requires energy, and recycling parts will reduce air pollution, water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
- The Vatican and the Catholic Church claims there are many things you can do to reduce your time spent in purgatory and become a better person.
- The aim for her was to reduce the loads of books that needed to carry by the students.
- She wanted to reduce student's hassle of carrying so many books.
- The tailoring is done via [genome] sequencing, first completed in 2004's 'Human [Genome] Project', and is going to seriously reduce costs.
- Not only reducing costs, they also reduce re-admission, misdiagnoses and the amount of incorrect medication offered.
- While it does not guarantee you immediate weight loss, the oxidants in the tea help reduce fat digestion by inhibiting various digestive enzymes.
- Scientists are working to reduce human noise so ocean animals can communicate freely.
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