OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3924

decrease

/dɪˈkɹiːs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
disminución • merma
An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.
After six years of constant growth, the company reported a slight decrease in sales last year.
One research team has recorded Baishui’s decrease at about 27 meters per year over the last 10 years.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3923

decrease

/dɪˈkɹiːs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
decrecer • decrementarse • descrecer • disminuir • mermar
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
The quality of our products has decreased since the main designer left.
decrementar • disminuir • mermar
To make (a quantity) smaller.
Let's decrease the volume a little so we can hear each other talking.