American English pronunciation
How to pronounce decreasing
IPA transcription: [dɪk'ɹisɪŋ]
Pronunciation variants: [dɪk'ɹisɪŋ]['dik,ɹisɪŋ]
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Verb
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decrease in size, extent, or range
“The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester”
“The cabin pressure fell dramatically”
“her weight fell to under a hundred pounds”
“his voice fell to a whisper”
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make smaller
“He decreased his staff”
Adjective
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becoming less or smaller
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music
Usage examples
- The mills, attracting decreasing rents, fell into disrepair.
- Increasing production is secured in these sectors by decreasing amounts of labour.
- These are listed in the table below, in decreasing order of population.
- Forests are decreasing due to industrial scale deforestation.
- As a result of mergers, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing.
- The fire was decreasing.
- Changes in tax rates were modeled by increasing or decreasing pumping speeds.
- In the following seasons the ratings kept decreasing.
- Forests are decreasing due to industrial scale deforestation.
- The toy line was short lived due to decreasing popularity with Star Wars.