1. Decrease in size, extent, or range
   "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"
   - diminish, lessen, fall 
2. Make smaller
   "He decreased his staff"
   - lessen, minify

1. A change downward
   "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"
   - lessening, drop-off 
2. A process of becoming smaller or shorter
   - decrement 
3. The amount by which something decreases
   - decrement 
4. The act of decreasing or reducing something
   - diminution, reduction, step-down

Derived forms: decreasing, decreases, decreased

Type of: alter, alteration, amount, change, change magnitude, change of magnitude, modification, modify, physical process, process

Antonym: increase

Encyclopedia: Decrease

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