Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reduce
Reduce
reduce
v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller or less. 2 tr. (foll. by to) bring by force or necessity (to some undesirable state or action) (reduced them to tears; were reduced to begging). 3 tr. convert to another (esp. simpler) form (reduced it to a powder). 4 tr. convert (a fraction) to the form with the lowest terms. 5 tr. (foll. by to) bring or simplify or adapt by classification or analysis (the dispute may be reduced to three issues). 6 tr. make lower in status or rank. 7 tr. lower the price of. 8 intr. lessen one's weight or size. 9 tr. weaken (is in a very reduced state). 10 tr. impoverish. 11 tr. subdue; bring back to obedience. 12 Chem. intr. & tr. a combine or cause to combine with hydrogen. b undergo or cause to undergo addition of electrons. 13 tr. Chem. convert (oxide etc.) to metal. 14 tr. a (in surgery) restore (a dislocated etc. part) to its proper position. b remedy (a dislocation etc.) in this way. 15 tr. Photog. make (a negative or print) less dense. 16 tr. Cookery boil off excess liquid from. Phrases and idioms reduced circumstances poverty after relative prosperity. reduce to the ranks demote (an NCO) to the rank of private. reducing agent Chem. a substance that brings about reduction by oxidation and losing electrons. Derivatives reducer n. reducible adj. reducibility n. Etymology: ME in sense 'restore to original or proper position', f. L reducere reduct- (as RE-, ducere bring)
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verb (~d; reducing) see: tow Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to draw together or cause to converge ; consolidate , b. to diminish in size, amount, extent, or number , to decrease the volume and concentrate the flavor of by boiling , to narrow down ; restrict , to make shorter ; abridge, to restore to righteousness ; save, to bring to a specified state or condition , 4. to force to capitulate, force, compel, 5. to bring to a systematic form or character , to put down in written or printed form , to correct (as a fracture) by bringing displaced or broken parts back into their normal positions, 7. to lower in grade or rank ; demote, to lower in condition or status ; downgrade, 8. to diminish in strength or density, to diminish in value, 9. a. to change the denominations or form of without changing the value, to construct a geometrical figure similar to but smaller than (a given figure), to transpose from one form into another ; convert, to change (an expression) to an equivalent but more fundamental expression , to break down (as by crushing or grinding) ; pulverize, 11. to bring to the metallic state by removal of nonmetallic elements , deoxidize, to combine with or subject to the action of hydrogen, d. to change (an element or ion) from a higher to a lower oxidation state, to add one or more electrons to (an atom or ion or molecule), to change (a stressed vowel) to an unstressed vowel, intransitive verb 1. a. to become diminished or lessened, to become ~d , to become concentrated or consolidated, to undergo meiosis, to become converted or equated, see: decrease ~r noun reducibility noun reducible adjective reducibly adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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