reduce
Definitions
Verb
- Cut down on; make a reduction in
- Make less complex
- Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- Be the essential element
- Reduce in size; reduce physically
- Lessen and make more modest
- Make smaller
- To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- Narrow or limit
- Put down by force or intimidation
- Undergo meiosis
- Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- Destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- Be cooked until very little liquid is left
- Cook until very little liquid is left
- Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- Take off weight
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Words That Follow
Words That Precede
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "reduce".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "reduce".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "reduce".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produce | 2 | 82 |
| 2 | reduced | 2 | 79 |
| 3 | residue | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | reduces | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | reproduce | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | educate | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | reproduced | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | deduced | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | truce | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | deduce | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | reproduces | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | seducer | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | seduced | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | seduce | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | reeducate | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | reducible | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | duce | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | prepuce | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | wrede | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | riede | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "reduce" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reduce the | 1 | 15 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "reduce" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "reduce" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | may | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | used | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | shown | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | greatly | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | actually | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | hillsborough | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | solutions | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | helps | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | drives | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | capabilities | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | unable | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | executed | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | especially | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | help | 1 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 20
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 2
Statistically Associated: 14
Consonant Matches: 7
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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