What (who) is decrease - definition
A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STITCHES, USUALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY SUSPENDING THE STITCH TO BE DECREASED FROM ANOTHER EXISTING STITCH OR BY KNITTING IT TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER STITCH
Decrease
decrease
n.
1) a gradual; sharp; steady decrease
2) a decrease in
3) on the decrease (crime is on the decrease)
decrease
(decreased)
1.
When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year...
The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96...
Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1% last week...
Since 1945 air forces have decreased in size...
Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking...
We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
VERB: V by amount, V from/to amount, V amount, V in n, V n, V-ing
2.
A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it.
...a decrease in the number of young people out of work...
Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent-a decrease of 40 per cent.
N-COUNT: oft N in/of n
decrease
I. v. n.
Diminish (gradually), lessen, wane, decline, ebb, subside, dwindle, contract, abate, grow less.
II. v. a.
Diminish, lessen, retrench, curtail, reduce, lower, make less.
III. n.
Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction, wane or waning, declension, decline, ebb, ebbing, subsidence, contraction, abatement.
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Decrease (knitting)
A decrease in knitting is a reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch.
Pronunciation examples for decrease
1. violence decreases, chances of war decreases.
Gender Inequality _ Lori Kenschaft _ Talks at Google
2. decreases sharing.
Contagious - Why Things Catch On _ Jonah Berger _ Talks at Google
3. actually decreases.
Fun, Fear, Focus - Peak Performance Recipe _ Fabritius _ Talks at Google
4. you decrease satisfaction.
ted-talks_93_BarrySchwartz_2005G-320k
5. may decrease your vulnerability
ted-talks_529_LaurieGarrett_2007U-320k
Examples of use of decrease
1. Population decrease÷ Despite the obvious national population growth, certain parts of Turkey showed a decrease.
2. "We have seen a decrease in the past three weeks _ a pretty radical decrease," said Lt.
3. Unofficial Iraqi figures show a similar decrease.
4. Chicago was largely responsible for the decrease.
5. He added that since June 2007 there had been a 75 percent decrease in attacks in Baghdad, a '0 percent decrease in civilian casualties and an 85 percent decrease in murders.