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{
"term": "decrease",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "decrease",
"heSheIt": "decreases"
},
"pastSimple": "decreased",
"pastParticiple": "decreased",
"ingForm": "decreasing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to become smaller in size, number, etc.; to make something smaller in size, number, etc.",
"sensetop": "decrease (from something) (to something)decrease by somethingdecrease in somethingdecrease with somethingdecrease something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Donations have **decreased significantly** over the past few years."
},
{
"text": "a decreasing population"
},
{
"text": "The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year.",
"contextForm": "decrease (from something) (to something)"
},
{
"text": "The price of wheat has decreased by 5 per cent.",
"contextForm": "decrease by something"
},
{
"text": "This species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.",
"contextForm": "decrease in something"
},
{
"text": "to decrease in size/value"
},
{
"text": "Fertility decreases with age.",
"contextForm": "decrease with something"
},
{
"text": "The drug did not **significantly decrease** the risk of heart attack.",
"contextForm": "decrease something"
},
{
"text": "People should decrease the amount of fat they eat."
},
{
"text": "to decrease the incidence/likelihood/rate of something"
},
{
"text": "Average family size has decreased from five to three children."
},
{
"text": "Crime has decreased by 20 per cent."
},
{
"text": "The heart gradually decreases in size."
},
{
"text": "Spending has decreased slightly this year."
},
{
"text": "The dose was gradually decreased after eight weeks."
},
{
"text": "The number of quarrels among children decreases with age."
},
{
"text": "Symptoms include a dry mouth, decreased appetite, headache and tiredness."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "drastically"],
"preposition": ["by", "from", "to"],
"phrases": ["decrease in number, size, value, etc."]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːs/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decrease__gb_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪz/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decreases__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːst/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decreased__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decreasing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːs/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decrease__us_4_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪz/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decreases__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːst/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decreased__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈkriːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/decrease/decreasing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’."
}