lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number. diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total. reduce implies a bringing down or lowering. abate implies a …

Reduced definition: made smaller, lower, or less; diminished.. See examples of REDUCED used in a sentence.

If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.

Definition of reduce verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] to make something less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.; to become less or smaller in size, quantity, etc. …

To reduce something is to make it smaller or lessen it in some way. Therefore, anything reduced is smaller than it was before. If you’re pedaling your way through Italy and hit a giant hill, you’ll probably …

The double-sized moonroof is no longer being offered, and has been reduced to a conventional size that doesn't extend over the rear seats.

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.

to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: reduced the speed of the car. to treat (something complicated) by analyzing smaller parts: reduced the problem to its essentials.

DCWP’s investigation, which began in 2022, found that Starbucks had unlawfully reduced employees’ hours, denied them the opportunity to pick up additional shifts, and failed to give its employees …

5 days ago · reduced (comparative more reduced, superlative most reduced) Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.