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Reduce

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Meaning

Verb

To
the
,
, quality, value or
of something; to
, to lower.
To
weight.
To
an
; to
, to demote.
To
; to
; to
; to capture.
To
an
state or condition.
In Cooking:
To
the
of food by
much of its water off.
In Chemistry:
To
/
or to
oxygen.
In Metallurgy:
To
from
by
in a smelter.
In Mathematics:
To
an
or
without
its value.
In Computer science:
To
the
of a problem
another (known) algorithm.
In Logic:
To
a
to a
or
form.
In Law:
To
to
form. (Usage
: this
almost always
as "reduce to writing".)
In Medicine:
To
a
; to
a
or
to the
alignment.
In Military:
To
a
or
from (a square).
In Military:
To
the payroll.
In Scottish English & Law:
To
by
means.
To
(a
,
, etc.).
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Origin

reduce
English
arrow
reducere
Latin
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Etym

Antonyms

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