verb🔗ShareTo bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower."to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."amountqualityvaluebusinesseconomysciencemedicinetechnologyenvironmentessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo lose weight."To prepare for the marathon, Sarah decided to reduce her weight. "bodyappearanceessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote."Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."positionjoborganizationgovernmentmilitarybusinesstitleessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture."to reduce a province or a fort"actionmilitarywargovernmentpoliticsessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bring to an inferior state or condition."to reduce a city to ashes"conditionprocessessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off."The chef reduced the tomato sauce, simmering it for hours to thicken it. "foodutensilessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen."The chemist reduced the copper oxide to pure copper. "chemistrybiochemistryessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter."The factory reduces iron ore to produce metal for building new bridges. "materialindustryprocesschemistryessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo simplify an equation or formula without changing its value."The teacher reduced the complex math equation to a simpler form, but the answer stayed the same. "mathtechnicalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm."To solve the complex math problem, the student reduced it to a simpler equation using the quadratic formula. "computingmathtechnologysciencelogicessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form"To understand the argument better, the teacher reduced the complex syllogism to a simpler form. "logicphilosophylanguageessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)"It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."writinglanguagecommunicationessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment."The doctor reduced the dislocated shoulder back to its proper position. "medicineanatomyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo reform a line or column from (a square)."The teacher reduced the rows of students to smaller groups for the activity. "mathessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo strike off the payroll."The company reduced several employees from the payroll due to financial difficulties. "businessjobeconomyorganizationessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo annul by legal means."The court reduced the student's suspension by legal means. "lawgovernmentessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo translate (a book, document, etc.)."a book reduced into English"languageliteratureessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
