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- [ri-doost, -dyoost]
- /rɪˈdust, -ˈdyust/
- /rɪˈdjuːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-doost, -dyoost]
- /rɪˈdust, -ˈdyust/
Definitions of reduced word
- adjective reduced that is or has been reduced. 1
- adjective reduced Mathematics. noting a polynomial equation in which the second highest power is missing: The cubic equation x 3 − 4x + 4 = 0 is reduced. 1
- verb with object reduced to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds. 1
- verb with object reduced to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: to reduce the speed of a car. 1
- verb with object reduced to bring down to a lower rank, dignity, etc.: a sergeant reduced to a corporal. 1
- verb with object reduced to treat analytically, as a complex idea. 1
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Origin of reduced
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; reduce + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Reduced
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reduced popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
reduced usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reduced
adj reduced
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- bargain counter — a store counter on which goods are displayed for sale at reduced prices
- bargain-basement — very low-priced.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
adjective reduced
- abated — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- abbreviated — made into a shorter form
- abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
- bargain — Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
- cheapened — Simple past tense and past participle of cheapen.
verb reduced
- atomized — Simple past tense and past participle of atomize.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
Antonyms for reduced
adj reduced
- caricatural — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
verb reduced
- accrued — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- aggrandized — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrandize.
- amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
- beetled — Projecting over.
- craned — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
adjective reduced
- caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
- extended — Made larger; enlarged.
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