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re·duce
(rĭ-do͞os′, -dyo͞os′)v. re·duced, re·duc·ing, re·duc·es
v.tr.
1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease.
2. To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially:
a. To gain control of; subject or conquer: "a design to reduce them under absolute despotism" (Declaration of Independence).
b. To subject to destruction: Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.
c. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness: disease that reduced the patient to emaciation; teasing that reduced the child to tears.
d. To compel to desperate acts: The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.
e. To lower in rank or grade; demote.
3. To thicken or intensify the flavor of (a sauce, for example) by slow boiling.
4. To lower the price of: The store has drastically reduced winter coats.
5. To decrease the viscosity of (paint, for example), as by adding a solvent.
6. To put in a simpler or more systematic form; simplify or codify: reduced her ideas to a collection of maxims.
7. To turn into powder; pulverize.
8. Chemistry
a. To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.
b. To remove oxygen from (a compound).
c. To add hydrogen to (a compound).
d. To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt.
9. Mathematics To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value.
10. Medicine To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position.
11. Linguistics To pronounce (a stressed vowel) as the unstressed version of that vowel or as schwa.
v.intr.
1. To become diminished.
2. To lose weight, as by dieting.
3. Biology To undergo meiosis.
[Middle English reducen, to bring back, from Old French reducier, from Latin redūcere : re-, re- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
re·duc′er n.
re·duc′i·bil′i·ty n.
re·duc′i·ble adj.
re·duc′i·bly adv.
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Adj. 1. reducible - capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson
irreducible - incapable of being made smaller or simpler; "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia"
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Translations
يُمْكِن تَحْويلُه أو تَخْفيضُه
redukovatelný
reducerbar
csökkenthetõ
minnkanlegur, smækkanlegur
redukovateľný
azaltılabilir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
reducible
adj (→ auf +acc) (Chem, fig) → reduzierbar ; (Math) → zerlegbar ; drawing, scale → verkleinerbar, reduzierbar ; time → verkürzbar; costs → herabsetzbar ; to be reducible to something → sich auf etw (acc) → reduzieren lassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
reduce
(rəˈdjuːs) verb1. to make less, smaller etc. The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed. verminder يُقَلِّل намалявам reduzir snížit herabsetzen reducere; nedsætte μειώνω, ελαττώνω reducir vähendama کاهش دادن؛ پایین آوردن alentaa réduire לְהַקטִין घटाना reducirati, smanjiti csökkent menurunkan minnka, lækka ridurre 縮小する 줄이다 sumažinti samazināt; pazemināt mengurangkan verminderen sette ned, redusere obniżyć, zmniejszyć كمول، لږول،تنزيلول، سپكيدل، كښته كول reduzir a reduce снижать znížiť zmanjšati smanjiti reducera, minska, sänka ทําให้เล็กลง azaltmak 減少,縮小 зменшувати, знижувати گھٹانا یا گھٹنا giảm 减少,减小
2. to lose weight by dieting. I must reduce to get into that dress. verloor يُخَفِّف الوَزن отслабвам fazer dieta zhubnout abnehmen tabe i vægt αδυνατίζω adelgazar, perder peso kaalust alla võtma لاغر شدن؛ وزن کم کردن laihduttaa maigrir לְהוֹרִיד वजन कम करना smršaviti (le)fogy mengurangi berat badan grennast dimagrire 減量する 감량하다 suliesėti novājēt (ar diētas palīdzību) mengurangkan berat badan vermageren slanke seg, ta av schudnąć سپكيدل fazer dieta a face cură de slăbire худеть schudnúť shujšati smršati gå ner i vikt ลดน้ําหนักลง zayıflamak 節食減重 схуднути وزن گھٹانا giảm cân bằng cách ăn kiêng 减肥
3. to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state. The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves. genoop يَسْحَق، يوقِعُ في البُؤْس свеждам reduzir proměnit; přimět verwandeln, zwingen forvandle; få til at briste i gråd; tvinge φέρνω, καταντώ reducir (teatud olukorda) viima, sundima تبدیل کردن ajaa jhnk tilaan réduire לְהַבִיאוֹ לִידֵי- खराब स्थिति में ले आना natjerati, prisiliti (vmilyen állapotba hoz) memerosotkan, menjadi(kan) koma/setja í slæmt ástand ridurre 〜にする (어떤 상태로) 만들다 paversti, privesti, priversti novests līdz asarām menjadikan brengen tot slå sønder og sammen, knuse; redusere zredukować, doprowadzić كښته كول reduzir a reduce (la); a obliga (să) превращать; доводить zmeniť; (do)nútiť pritirati (do) naterati na tvinga, hänvisa, försätta, förvandla บังคับ ... hâle getirmek/sokmak/düşürmek 使陷於(不利的狀態) перетворювати کمتر حالت میں لانا làm cho 使陷入处于(某种特殊状态)
reˈducible adjective nopend يُمْكِن تَحْويلُه أو تَخْفيضُه съкратим reduzível / redutível redukovatelný herabsetzbar reducerbar ελαττώσιμος reducible vähendatav ساده شدنی؛ تقلیل پذیر vähennettävä réductible נִיתָן לְצִמצוּם बदलने योग्य, रूपांतरित होने योग्य koji se dade reducirati, rastavljiv csökkenthető bisa dikurangi minnkanlegur, smækkanlegur riducibile 減らせる 축소할 수 있는 galimas sumažinti samazināms; pazemināms boleh dikurangkan reduceerbaar reduserbar dający się zredukować كم كيدونكي reduzível reductibil допускаемый снижение; приводимый redukovateľný skrčljiv koji se može smanjiti som kan reduceras ซึ่งสามารถลดได้ azaltılabilir 可減少的,可縮小的 такий, що можна зменшити تخفیف کے قابل có thể giảm bớt 可减小的
reˈduction (-ˈdak-) nounThe government promised a reduction in prices later; price reductions. verlaging تَخْفيض намаление redução snížení die Herabsetzung reduktion; -reduktion; nedsættelse; -nedsættelse μείωση, έκπτωση reducción alandamine کاهش alennus réduction ירידה कटौती smanjenje leszállítás, csökkentés penurunan lækkun riduzione 縮小 축소 sumažinimas, nuolaida pazeminājums; atlaide pengurangan verlaging nedskjæring, reduksjon obniżka كموونه، لږونه redução reducere снижение zníženie zmanjšanje smanjenje reducering, minskning, sänkning การลดลง indirim 減少 зниження; зменшення تخفیف sự cắt giảm 减小
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re·duc·i·ble
a. reducible, susceptible a la reducción.
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reducible
adj (hernia) reductible or reducibleEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.