decrease · verb
Sens et exemples
Diminuer en quantité ou en taille, ou faire diminuer quelque chose.
The company hopes to decrease the amount of packaging it uses.
Attendance decreased when the meetings were moved to a less convenient time.
Turning the heating down slightly may decrease our energy use.
The waiting time has decreased since the new appointment system began.
Formes
- decrease base form
- decreases third-person singular present
- decreased past tense; past participle
- decreasing present participle